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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And, I suspect that the western end of the Pike does not need another neighborhood school unless Carlin Springs is made into an option school. All three surrounding schools are under capacity (Barcroft, Carlin Springs and Randolph). Perhaps they could move some of kids north of 50 zoned for ashlawn to Carlin Springs, and then zone the lower end of Carlin Springs and Abingdon to Campbell. I suspect that would never happen because the Ashlawn parents would revolt.

Also, if the goal is to make Campbell bigger, that won't happen. There is very little room for more trailers and the wetland features on the property prevent cost-effective expansion (too many federal permits). So, if it becomes a neighborhood school, it will remain teeny. [/quote]

Where will all the kids going to Carlin Springs be moved if it becomes an option school? The school is hundreds of seats bigger than Campbell, and beyond the kids in the Campbell walk zone, where do the other 250 kids get bused? And how can they plan to have such a small neighborhood school for an area so dense with kids? Those kids aren't going anywhere either. All the family-sized CAFs all around there mean there will NEVER be fewer students at any neighborhood school in this quadrant. So where do they go? The can't all fit at a 400 seat neighborhood school. Are they going to be forced from their larger newer school into a small old school with a field full of permanent trailers? I guess the message that they're considered "lesser-than" hasn't been communicated to them explicitly enough yet?[/quote]

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