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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meren sent the following in her newsletter.

"Regarding boundary phasing: I advocate that phasing avoid disrupting families with siblings in secondary grades, especially regarding the transition from a middle school building to a high school building. I support phasing that allows families with a student(s) in high school and a student(s) in middle school to continue having their middle school student(s) follow into their sibling’s high school. I support such phasing for this initial implementation of the boundary review work, to ease us all into new boundaries that optimize resources and reduce split feeders among pyramids. Boundary review goals do not all have to be achieved in this first year of implementation! Furthermore, the changes that the Board adopts on January 22, 2026, cannot be a one-size-fits-all determination for this geographically huge county. There are different opinions among School Board Members about this, though, so your continued advocacy to the full Board remains important. "[/quote]

LOL.

When they did boundary changes in the past, including when Meren was already on the School Board, there was no "phasing" that automatically allowed a middle school student rezoned to a new high school to follow an older sibling into the prior high school.  Instead, families had to specifically apply for a student transfer.

They inflict unnecessary boundary changes on some people, and then they bend over backwards to try and provide accommodations beyond what they've done in the past because they want to soften the blow of the damage they are responsible for inflicting.  But it still is going to affect kids differently depending on whether they were unlucky enough to get redistricted, they have a sibling at a school, they can arrange for their own transportation to school, etc.   
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Probably because the next school board election is in 2027. [/quote]

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