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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they can reduce busing costs. Boundaries like Wootton's are terrible. Most of the students live closer to another school.[/quote]

And then Horizon Hill neighborhood which is walkable, DOESN'T go to Wootton.

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In Kensington, many families who live near Einstein also end up being bussed cross-county to WJ. These segregated boundaries from 40 years ago need to go.[/quote]

Every single time I have read claims like this, and then looked into specifics of the actual boundary, it was immediately clear that the boundaries result from constraints from the distribution of population and placements of schools.

Boundaries will be improved where it's doable, but situations like what you're describing are likely to persist after redistricting. [/quote]

LOL which is easily corrected. Why I should pay for your kids to be bussed when there's a perfectly fine school  nearby.[/quote]

Fine isn’t always good enough for people who can afford better. [/quote]

If you choose private, that's your business, but I shouldn't be subsidizing segregation.[/quote]

You don’t subsidize segregation. People choose to segregate themselves. They want to live in neighborhoods with their own ethnic groups.  Desegregation is unnatural and costs lots of tax dollars for bussing and unnecessary emotional stress on people. Bussing failed decades ago and will never be successful. [/quote]

To a lesser extent, but where i have to object is these gerrymandered boundaries like take Wootton for example where 80% of the boundary is closer to another HS. [b]This was done specifically to create a segregated boundary[/b] and this is just one of many such examples.[/quote]

Citation needed.[/quote]

easy just look at the boundaries it's self-evident[/quote]

It’s not at all.  Many HS are all close together.  Walking distance of Wootton doesn’t have many houses. 
There are a lot of people who are looking forward to this redistricting so they can benefit from being rezoned into Wootton. [/quote]

What? Crown is being built a few miles north for hundreds of millions of dollars, and it's going to need people zoned to it to justify its existence. Who are you expecting to get redistricted INTO Wootton?[/quote]

Wootton is under capacity, so if some of Wootton gets rezoned to crown, then some of other HS will have to be rezone to Wootton. 
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The only thing that needs to get pulled out of Wootton is the rio area because it’s walkable to Crown. There is already an old shopping center by Wootton that is due to be razed in favor of new housing in the next few years. Mt. Prospect is just coming online as well. Wootton can also absorb some overflow from Churchill.

Everyone else is going to need to be zoned to Crown to fill its seats.[/quote]

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