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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point is to start from scratch and make boundaries based on where schools will be in 2021 and where the kids will be living then.  Being held hostage by current boundaries and "least disruptive" is why were have some schools so crowded while others have space and why we have weird boundaries that make for crazy numbers of buses.[/quote]

They SHOULD determine locations and start from scratch.  But they don't have the wherewithal or the courage to do that.  The SB is talking "big" to warn people that all boundaries are up for potential revisions; but when it comes down to it, they will cave and continue to avoid as much conflict as possible rather than think about what is best for the school system and what would allow the system to best serve the children.[/quote]

I don't know, I think Priddy's failed attempt to caucus Goldstein might make other SB members a little more comfortable making big changes.  Goldstein will get re-elected this fall before location decisions are made, so he can take some risks in the next couple of years.  Talento and Van Doren are up for re-election this year, but I don't know that I see option school moves driving enough groundswell to force them out, and they'll have been re-elected (or not) because the actual boundary process, so that at that point they can take some risks too.  Only O'Grady is up the year after that, so she might want to lay low on some of the more controversial decisions, but the board could agree to give her a pass on some things in the interest of re-election, knowing the other four can pass whatever they want without here (or even three, if Talento is concerned about her own re-election the year after that).[/quote]

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