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I'm saying what I think is the primary issue to be worried about and to try to avoid. Sure, would be nice to keep Arl Heights where it is. It would also be nice to have a pony. If the Career Ctr HS is what the board picks, it's not realistic to keep Arl Heights at Wakefield. [b]From my position zoned for Wakefield,[/b] I think I could live with that so long as they keep the west pike area out of Wakefield too. There is no solution that's going to make everyone happy. The county is out of ponies. [/quote]

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Wakefield.[/quote]
Are you poster that said they will likely stay WF if this all plays out? I think you are really underestimating what a mess this this will create. I say this because after the boundary farce last fall, I have no faith the SB has the will to do right by Wakefield. Maybe we are out of ponies. Maybe this is just where we are, but I wouldn't happily go along with this idea at the career center. Ultimately is just doing what's best for north Arlington at south Arlington's expense. They don't get saddled with a mega school, and we are left with a less than school and a gutted Wakefield. 
They all want to cram on that side of town? Fine, but then they get gigantic schools. Deal with it. [/quote]

I am that poster. I followed the rezoning issue last fall and what I saw was eye-opening in a bad way. But, because I thought the worst possible outcome involved moving west pike to Wakefield, I was actually okay with the outcome. If you'll recall, that particular rezoning exercise was announced upfront as a limited exercise for a small amt of students, not intended to fix all of the existing diversity problems. It was a nice opportunity, but TBF I can't really fault the board for not taking it on.

The mega school vs. Wakefield tradeoff seems entirely fair to me. I think the sudden announcement of the hybrid option is a clear tell that they won't do that though, because, as you point out, they're doing what's best for the north. So, in the world in which we live, I'm trying to ID and hope to avoid the worst outcome.

Hope I didn't screw up the formatting too bad in this response. [/quote]

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