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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question:

Why would they need to change the policy in the first place.  Sure, the basic policy was written a long time ago and it has been adjusted somewhat, but the  reason for boundaries has not changed: some schools are overcrowded, and a few are underenrolled.
Distance and travel time have significant impacts--for students and for budget.  It also affects community support, etc.

So, are they saying that community schools are unimportant?  That is is more important to get "equal diversity" in each school?  If that is the case, get ready for buses everywhere.

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See 9:13. When you say there are 14 relevant considerations, some in conflict with others, it’s not clear there is really any guiding framework or consistency.

For example, the current policy cites “contiguous school boundaries” as a consideration, but a recent boundary change involving Fairfax HS created an attendance island. “School feeder patterns” are another consideration, but the recent Thoreau/Jackson redistricting turned Thoreau into a three-way split feeder and ignored the opportunity to align feeder patterns in the Madison pyramid.  And, while socioeconomics are identified as a consideration, boundary changes affecting Annandale and Lee HS have concentrated poverty in the schools.

So people look at what’s happened and conclude the current policy isn’t being followed and there have been a lot of unintended consequences. The School Board wants to do better but groups like One Great Falls are having a giant hissy fit that socioeconomics might receive more prominence in a streamlined policy.[/quote]

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