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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's kind of unfortunate for the families living near the Reed school that APS is only willing to convert the building to a school at a time when a choice school makes the most sense.  In the long-run, having it as a neighborhood school makes sense and it seems a little short-sighted to look at today's snap-shot.  I don't live anywhere near there so I'm not directly impacted, but I can appreciate the frustration.  Haven't they been asking to turn that building into a school for a long time, including before the most recent elementary-level redistricting?[/quote]

Yes.  That's what's most frustrating.[/quote]

I feel like it doesn't have to be all or nothing.  It doesn't have to be a 725 seat school if that doesn't make sense for the numbers.  It doesn't have to be filled with kids from R/B while kids from Westover are all bused out.  There has to be a more creative and logical solution.

It also shouldn't be where the bulk of the $$ is being spent right now.  The HS issue matters more and, as much as I agree that the Westover families should finally get their neighborhood school, right now, I want to make sure that there will actually be seats at a school when my ES kids get to 9th grade and that the schools aren't so big that the chance of playing a sport or getting into a club are close to none.[/quote]

I live near Westover and agree with most all of this.  It just has not made sense to me that Reed will be used to almost completely eliminate the predicted shortfalls in NE while the Reed adjacent schools are also predicted to be well short in coming years.

I do think the proposals about making Reed into a smaller school now were just aimed at preserving some money to address high school overcrowding.  The point was that we can get about 400 seats now by spending little money, or 725 seats in 5 years by spending $60 million.[/quote]

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