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[quote=Anonymous]Taylor parent here who isn’t sure if we’ll stay at Taylor or be shifted over to ASFS.  Sad for my kid whose friends will be split up as some NE friends will peel off to Key and ASFS but it’s minor compared to fixing the capacity issues across the whole county.  I really wish the SB would release everything together so people can check the numbers.  Every boundary reassignment I’ve seen since 2010 has been off.  For example did staff analyze the differences in where immersion moves as impacting the students who would leave for their neighborhood school?  For example if key went somewhere less desirable I could see plenty of our neighbors who currently attend key leaving.  Why not canvas the commitment from current families first and require a commitment to finishing out that school if the relative neighborhood school is over capacity.
  Sort of a lock up if you will.  This would allow a bit of stability in forecasting for school officials.  And perhaps the numbers would be closer to what actually happens once boundaries are redrawn.
Also what about swapping one of the NA schools that are clustered too closely with the Madison Center?  Not sure if it would solve things but if all these nw schools are too close together why not open up that location?  Just spitballing without all the figures but wondering if the admin looked into this.

At any rate the SB needs to grow a pair and do the best for the largest group of students.  Ignore all the small interest groups.  If people come forward with better ideas or catch errors that should be given serious consideration but barring stuff like that proceed.

In the meantime they need a coalition for people to tackle the future growth/locations bc the current status quo hasn’t been good at all.  I’d like to see a lessons learned document where staff highlights considerations a nd outcomes and then a plan for avoiding the same kinds of mistakes in the future.  For example if staff got the math wrong bc they are incompetent with respect to numbers they should not be allowed to do the math for future boundaries.  It should be that simple.[/quote]

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