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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple of the schools hovering around 100 percent capacity, which feels crowded day to day, while one sits way under capacity is not a solution.[/quote]

No one wants to give up walking or commit to a long bus ride.

At capacity changes year to year.

They should colocate HBW middle school students at WMS, and expand the HBW high school enrollment at the Heights. [/quote]

I like that last suggestion.

Personally, I would rather my kids be at a school that's not packed to the seams and take a bus.  We are walkers for Swanson.  Walking has value but these kids are packed into that school all day every day and that has a much bigger impact on them.  I don't think I'm the only person who feels that way?  Maybe I am.  And yes, I understand I could choose a transfer.[/quote]
Isn't it better to have the option to transfer than to be forced to switch in a boundary shift?  I know lots of kids who transferred out of Swanson and they were very happy to have that option.[/quote]

Maybe but people want their neighbors to be zoned with them, and since most don’t want to give up walking you generally are alone in this choice. [/quote]
Nearly every rising 6th grader I know who was zoned for Swanson tried to transfer this year.  It was a large cohort and, if anyone felt alone, it was the kids who didn't get picked to transfer.[/quote]

Really?  Isn't that worse?  All these people are trying to get out of a crowded school but they are not allowed to get out and some don't get picked and Williamsburg sits under utilized.  That's not good at all.  Gee, seems like someone who is an adult in the room should come up with a better way to balance enrollment.[/quote]

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