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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Uh, [b]it wasn't a Safeway, it was a Presbyterian Church.[/b] Have you ever been on Columbia Pike?  But yes, will will have lots and lots of kids. And no, if the kids move out, then the family will need less space and move to a smaller unit (and pay less). So these units will still have turnover. That's not changing. These are family units intended for people with kids. [/quote]

Since when? It was a Safeway when I was a child in the 80s. It was remade into a school for troubled kids in the 90s. Was it a church in the 70s?[/quote]

PP was confused, which is understandable considering HOW MANY new CAFs are being built while not a single solitary unit of market rate AH is being torn down along Columbia Pike. Arlington Mill was a Safeway. Not housing. Gilliam Place was a church, not housing. Columbia Hills was a parking lot, and it will now be housing.

Anyway, back to the point, how can APS do the best job with what they have inherited, which is concentrated poverty and residential segregation. I think they have to try to do a slightly better job with the Drew/Fleet/Barcroft/Abingdon boundary. I could see pulling from across 4MR if it was doing something for diversity, because it doesn't really make sense in any other context. But it doesn't seem to really be doing that, either. The PUs from Abingdon are further away and won't do anything on the diversity end. I think they have gotten it right for Oakridge and Hoffman-Boston, or as right as they could given the constraints. I think the middle Pike area needs some work. Alcova to Fleet, taking Gilliam, Henry PUs S of the Pike to Drew, and Abingdon PUs that were slated for Drew up to Barcroft. I don't believe their fr/l numbers take Gilliam into account, since those kids aren't living there yet. There is no way that the school will be at 40/50% fr/l with three large CAFs zoned to it. They only project seats, not future fr/l rates. They aren't doing Barcroft any favors with the current map, either. [/quote]

Yes! You get it. APS is underestimating a FRL percentages with these charts by projecting 2019 enrollment increases for CAFs without adding those students as recipients of FRL. The Actual FRL numbers for schools with new CAFs in their boundaries—like Barcroft—are gonna go through the roof! Can’t tell if they are being deliberately obtuse or are just inept. [/quote]

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