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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WJ and RM cluster is over crowded. Boundary change needs to happen immediately to distribute kids to other schools.

It's better to have 105% in 10 schools than having 100% in 9 and then having 150% in one school.[/quote]

People from that 150% school may agree. But those from the 9 100% schools may not. It is a balance of different interests and no absolute rights or wrongs.
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It is morally wrong to shove more kids into an already over crowded schools while the rest of the school surrounding it aren't over crowded.

DP.[/quote]

No one is asking to "shove more kids" into an already over crowded school.
The question is how many kids of which neighborhood can be moved to which other school, or, maybe building a new school instead.

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If you are refusing boundaries to be redrawn to alleviate crowding then you are basically saying to shove more kids into an over crowded school.  If you agree that boundaries should be redrawn to alleviate overcrowding in neighboring schools, then you must know that this could include you and your's.  Otherwise, you're the worst kind of NIMBY.

The question of "which neighborhood" boils down to this:

1.  BOE wants to spread out FARMs because studies have shown that low income kids do better in schools that have a FARMs rate of 23% or lower, while the upper income kids are not hurt by the presence of more low income kids

2. some people don't want their kids to go to school with more low income kids

3. some people don't care about #1 or #2. They just don't want their kids to be bused to the neighboring school, which could be like 2 miles away, thus adding a few minutes to the commute time, which makes one suspect of whether they really don't care about #1 or #2.[/quote]

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