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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, do you think aurora highlands is going to drew? I'm kinda doubtful those small neighborhoods south of the pike going to Henry now are enough to transform the current graded program's student body, and there are some but not a lot of MC families in nauck, judging from the very high family poverty rate there.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's mathematically and politically possible for the new drew to end up with less than 60%.

[quote=Anonymous]Funny, not 5-6 years ago many of my neighbors were iffy on Campbell. Now it’s a hot ticket. 
Same with Hoffman Boston. It was considered crappy not 3-4 years ago. Now it’s the new Henry. 
This boundary process will be interesting for sure. 
I’d be pissed if I lived in one of the long struggling under performing schools, and Drew gets 40% or lower farms rates. 
They wanted to be a neighborhood school, that’s fine. I would be irritated if they pouched umc kids away from my neighborhood to boost their demographics.[/quote][/quote]

We’ll see. Reading this thread there seem to be some “stake holders” that have a head start. I would bet some these areas being looked at for Drew have no clue that’s where they are headed. This whole thing is going to be nuts.[/quote][/quote]

The demographics of Nauck have really changed. THe neighborhood school is not reflective of the neighborhood population anymore. We live in Nauck, we are UMC and go to Claremont. We also have a lot of neighbors that go to ATS and Hoffman Boston. I am not saying it is a mega rich neighborhood by any means but I don't know that it is overall high poverty anymore. THe neighborhood went from 97% black to something like 20%. If they force the neighborhood families to go to Drew I think it could really change the demographics of the school, but who knows.

(this was in response to the PP about Aurora Highlands..i think the quoting got messed up. [/quote]

Yes, many families in Nauck send their kids to Drew Montessori (and they look like transfers in the reports), ATS, or Claremont. There are lots and lots of kids at the bus stops in the mornings. Unclear how many would choose to send their kids to a refashioned neighborhood school in the short term. It might change over time.  [/quote]

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