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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure the last word is out on that. Until there's a boundary for Reed it's always possible the Board could change their mind.Are any of them really beholden to Westover other than Kanninen? I know APS staff doesn't necessarily think it makes sense as a neighborhood school. [/quote]

Although it’s theoretically possible, Reed has a high percentage of potential neighborhood walkers. I don’t remember all the numbers, but one of the main reasons they targeted Nottingham and Tuckahoe as potential option sites instead of Reed was fewer buses on the road.[/quote]

That's incorrect. Per staff analysis, Reed has the potential to be 60% walkers and would need 5 buses, Tuckahoe could be up to 65% walkers and would need 4 buses, Nottingham could be up to 82% walkers and would need 2 buses. Nottingham and Tuckahoe are both more walkable than Reed.[/quote]

Reed will hold 750 kids, compared to Nottingham and Tuckahoe that only hold 500. So of course Reed will have more buses-- that's 250 more kids. If Reed was only being built to hold 500 kids, it would easily meet Nottingham's percentage of walkers.

Nottingham and Tuckahoe are being considered because they are so small, which makes it easier to shift those kids to larger facilities like Discovery, Reed, and McKinley when they draw new boundaries.    [/quote]

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