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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I connected the Yorktown island and changed the units closest to Wakefield over to Wakefield. Didn't think through ES/MS boundaries though - that would have been helpful. [/quote]

This is pretty much what I did, and then [b]I used the free response portion to say that I think we need a 4th comprehensive high school to keep up with the population growth.[/b][/quote]

Also a good point to add. Can we submit more than once? :|[/quote]

I did the same thing.  Moved units such that in my scenario all of Taylor would now feed to Yorktown, and only 4 units would move to Wakefield, unfortunately they are the four southwestern ones along the Pike that are part of the Carlin Springs zone but are also geographically closest to Wakefield.  My rationale having played with the tool a lot this afternoon was that any other set of moves to W'field meant onesy-twosy groups of students from multiple schools to make the math work.  I didn't want to send just one planning unit of kids from Patrick Henry or Long Branch or Hoffman Boston.  I was hoping to try and unite groups of kids to stay together through their entire HS experience.

That being said, it's all changing again in four years, but it will impact these particular kids now so I do think it's worth the effort to think about these real seats for these real kids.  I'm in a neighborhood where the elementary could end up dispersing kids to two middle schools and three high schools and it's really upsetting to the community, and I'm using that as a factor.

PP, I watched the community meeting online.  There is nothing to stop you from submitting more than once.  They can track if multiple entries come from the same computer so if you are trying to game it out by submitting the same solution 50 times it won't help you.  This isn't a voting exercise where the scenario with the most votes wins.  However, they did say that if you have more than one unique solution, or set of rationales that you want to submit, then go for it.  They are seeking community input and that's helpful to them.

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