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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, the whole thing makes my head spin. We are trying to say that FARM % matter, but Randolph is basically saying leave us alone, we are good. So does it or doesn't it?

Then that weird numbers magic happened and they are now saying what they proposed for Drew anyhow is actually, what, 65% or something, not 85%?

Then people are basically saying it's really just commitment to the school that matters. So how are you going to fill a school with kids and families that want to be there and will make it work?

Your options aren't just to pick off Fleet. You can pick from: 1) Abingdon (aka Fairlington), 2) Oakridge, 3) Columbia Heights, and 4) Columbia Forest. And maybe more. So you have options.

I don't think any of us have seen all the maps showing what happens if you move kids from all those places. And to me a big question is whether the 65% is real or not. 65% is not awesome but you could live with it. 85% is terrible. (Although again Randolph doesn't seem to care.)[/quote]

65% is [u]not real[/u]. It is based on adding 350 to the denominator and [u]no[/u] adjustment to the numerator. It is transparently wrong.

I think you're raising a bunch of good points that reasonable people can debate. Randolph says leave us alone, so let's leave them alone. They are a tightly bound community that has been together for a long time. Drew is another story and it's not only the FR/L rate for Drew -- it is the meandering boundary and long bus rides and alignment problems, all dropped onto a brand new school community that does not even have its own PTA right now and has no existing cohesive population to advocate for it. I am a big believer that we should try to do better on FR/L generally, but this proposal is unfair to Drew [u]for many other reasons[/u] in addition to that. [/quote]

The boundary thing is really what tips the balance. If you were to center drew around a community/geographic area the way they did with Randolph they'd have a better shot. But as it stands, these kids don't live near each other! They won't know each other from the playground on the weekends, or from their parents being friends, none of that. The boundary looks like shitty gerrymandering and there isn't any reason for it. Especially with the 2020 boundary discussions that put some of these areas back in the mix.[/quote]

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