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Actually, I think you were called stupid by someone in south arlington.  More accurately, your proposal to make all south arlington schools 50% FRL stupid.  It's not wise to raise the schools that have successfully turned around into 50% FRL again.  I agree that Henry and Oakridge could use an increase in FRL; but I don't agree they should go to 50%.  That merely starts to turn people away again.  Once you've turned things around, you need to be very careful about how far you ratchet back.  I don't believe either school would be concerned with a 30-37% max; but I suspect Oakridge in particular will start to have some panic attacks if it faces becoming Title I.  We have multiple examples of what many have called "sweet spots" - schools in the 30-40% range that seem to appease parents on the academic side as well as the diversity side.  The point is, if you raise them back to 50%, you're going to lose the buy-in rather than gain it.  You've already got buy-in at those schools.  You need to get it in the schools that are 50% and up.  And that means boundaries and policies that lower %ages at those schools and raise it at schools that are 20% and below.  There are enough of those schools within rippling-effect-of-thoughtful-boundaries-reach and the ability to relocate choice programs.[/quote]

It seems likely to me that Oakridge will have a lower farms rate after the Drew boundary is redrawn. This is because it is politically much easier to move the AH in arna valley and at the Berkeley (which is being doubled in size as we speak) to Drew even though both are in the Oakridge walk zone). Easier than movingit will be to send UMC kids from north of Oakridge elementary in SFH to Hoffman Boston, which would allow the lower income kids south of the school to remain.[/quote]

Don't forget the SFHs from Henry south of the Pike that will be zoned to Drew - they will be too far from Fleet to really walk and were bus riders anyway. I think Drew stands to come out of this better - not every SFh at Oakridge will be spared and they shouldn't be. The SB should use this is as an opportunity to zone the new Drew into a more balanced school. At least then something will improve.[/quote]

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