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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A couple of the schools hovering around 100 percent capacity, which feels crowded day to day, while one sits way under capacity is not a solution.[/quote]

No one wants to give up walking or commit to a long bus ride.

At capacity changes year to year.

They should colocate HBW middle school students at WMS, and expand the HBW high school enrollment at the Heights. [/quote]

I like that last suggestion.

Personally, I would rather my kids be at a school that's not packed to the seams and take a bus.  We are walkers for Swanson.  Walking has value but these kids are packed into that school all day every day and that has a much bigger impact on them.  I don't think I'm the only person who feels that way?  Maybe I am.  And yes, I understand I could choose a transfer.[/quote]
Isn't it better to have the option to transfer than to be forced to switch in a boundary shift?  I know lots of kids who transferred out of Swanson and they were very happy to have that option.[/quote]

Maybe but people want their neighbors to be zoned with them, and since most don’t want to give up walking you generally are alone in this choice. [/quote]
Nearly every rising 6th grader I know who was zoned for Swanson tried to transfer this year.  It was a large cohort and, if anyone felt alone, it was the kids who didn't get picked to transfer.[/quote]

Thats great. How many of those who requested transfers are walkers? We can shuffle around bused planning units, but risk ending up with long bus rides -- so better to make that an optional endeavor.[/quote]
I know a bunch of voluntary transfers who are bike riders or walkers.  A big chunk of the Swanson zone is an easy commute to Hamm or WMS.[/quote]

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