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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing that most concerns me is that, with all the options, they'd move kids around right in the middle of middle school.

If I read it correctly, a rising 7th grader in the 2027-28 school year who lives within a shifting boundary would be forced to move to their new boundary-assigned school. It's a recipe for disaster for those kids.[/quote]

I mean, this is what always happens when a new school opens, and they will move alongside their entire neighborhood or even their entire ES cohort. It's not that big of a deal. [/quote]

I’m sorry but you are really minimizing something that is totally a big deal for some people (obviously not you). The current 7th graders at my zoned middle school, under option 3, would all start at our current zoned HS for 9th grade and then depending on neighborhood would be split up and fanned out to FOUR differently high schools for 10th grade, with four out of seven neighborhoods taking on a significant commute and zero neighborhoods reducing commute. Not to mention those with older siblings who stay at the zoned HS so families juggling commute on top of two different HSs, plus all the social disruptions this can bring.

Plus, as we all know, different high schools have different offerings and sequences so you may have been taking Italian in 9th grade and it’s not offered at your next school in 10th or you may be on the crew team in 9th but your next school doesn’t have a spot for you or offer crew.

Will everyone survive? Sure. But it’s a big deal to some and it’s not helpful to minimize. [/quote]

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