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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is pretty aggressive. You must be threatened by the boundary changes. I am sure Columbia Heights was convening at their "town square" Columbia Pike in the rain as well....[/quote]

The difference is the CH families never claimed to be walkers. They have very simply asked to keep their community together, because they supported giving Nauck a neighborhood school in Drew and sacrificed their physical neighborhood school building location to accommodate giving Nauck a neighborhood school. They were told the whole Henry community would go to Fleet. CH families also haven't retracted comments from the walk zone survey stating they need a bus b/c it's too dangerous to walk to school like the SF families did. CH never called out another neighborhood and pointed at them and demanded APS create a map that moves them. CH families are classy, intelligent and polite and have been so from the start and no I don't live in CH, but I sure do respect their grace and composure. [/quote]

No, Henry folks have behaved just as badly. Nobody can claim any higher ground here. We all use what we got. There’s no special zone of morality in CH. [/quote]

Don’t stop with the accusation. Back it up with facts and examples, please. [/quote]

See the person on AEM who threw in the fact that the Henry principal tragically died a couple of years ago as a reason to keep the entire school together.  Some of those kids weren't even there at that time.  It's emotional blackmail, and pretty shitty.  Even other Henry parents agreed.[/quote]

Yeah, that was horrible and appalling. She's not a current Henry parent and doesn't speak for anyone I know. But FWIW, that terrible tragedy happened last April, so not even a full year ago. I don't think it's a reason to keep the school together, but it is recent and raw, which is another reason it was horrible to bring up.
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My guess is the kids are mostly fine,[/b] but not so the teachers and staff. And parents.[/quote]

I think parents think kids are a lot less resilient than they are.  It's more that the parents don't want to have to make new connections.

[b]Didn't an Abingdon parent bring up a child with cancer as part of their need to stay together.[/b]  Sadly, there are tragic situations in many, if not all, schools.  Not a reason not to change a boundary.[/quote]

What?????  OMG.  [/quote]

No. She brought up the 5k which donates the funds to Abingdon and ACureForEllie. Her daughter has a rare genetic disease. [/quote]

Ellie lives in SF and the 5K was started to help fund research for that disease.  She's in maybe 3rd grade at Abingdon now?

---- Just a bystander with no dog in the fight.
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Which, yes, is sad.  But still not a reasonable argument against a boundary change.[/quote]

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