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How about you shut up and get out of this conversation since it doesn't even involve you? We're talking about adjacent planning units and nobody who walks is getting on a bus. These are all kids outside of any walk zone already on a bus, often between two equidistant schools. Those are the PUs in play, and those are the ones that are being disputed right now. Sending those PUs in one direction rather than another should not be left to parent preference. It should be a decision made by the SB based on what is best for the majority of students, which is to NOT attend a highly segregated neighborhood school that lacks not just resources and opportunities, but also political influence.  In short, butt out and take your Ayn Rand philosophy wirh you. [/quote]

Do you really think the families in the single family homes in Douglas Park and Columbia Heights are going to send their kids to Drew, under the current proposal?  Many of these families moved to these neighborhoods because they liked Henry and it's performance, demographics and opportunities.  They are not going to take a chance on Drew with their kids.

There will be a sudden hankering for expeditionary learning, immersion or traditional eduction.  And if the lottery doesn't pan out, a sudden religious fervor and desire for Catholic school or Our Savior Lutheran.

The families from Columbia Heights/Douglas Park that will send their kids to Drew are the ones that don't have the luxury of options.  It's not going to result in a meaningful increase in resources or political influence.

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I hate to say it, but I think this is exactly what will happen. You need a more concentrated group of UMC kids to go en masse to drew to make a meaningful difference in test scores (if that’s your thing).  [/quote]

But at least the school will be less crowded then, which is a huge boost for lower income kids. Smaller schools and smaller class sizes matter. If the UMC families don't materialize, things (resources, clout) won't be boosted, but they also won't be permanently foreclosed either. You gerrymander a poor zone by reaching across 4MR and pulling in a bunch of random low income kids who don't live anywhere near the school, but not the adjacent mixed income PUs, from the jump and it can only get worse. You've sent the community a message. The wrong one. [/quote]

Bingo. It's just baffling to me that the SB instructed staff to draw a tortured map that satisfies a handful of parents who recently bought or built expensive homes on the periphery of a desirable school boundary, amidst clear communication that boundaries were in play. Why cater to these people? You're just training them and others to repeat this tantrum, like Arlington Forest did, every time a decision like this comes up. It's parenting 101. Put your foot down, and don't encourage selfish shortsighted behavior.[/quote]

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