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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But why build another school in upper NW when there is already a very good (and getting better!) school that has additional capacity to serve some additional neighborhood kids.

You may be correct that going forward the population would justify another new elementary school in the neighborhood but why not first fully utilize the schools that are already here?

Just curious, why does PP believe it would "make people less upset" to move Murch kids to Lafayette than to Hearst?[/quote]

Their perceptions or more likely, misperceptions of Hearst.

The Murch hysteria started out as somewhat comical and is now bordering on sad since--as the cries drone on-- everyone but these Murch posters seems to understand that current Murch students who live within in the areas affected by the boundary changes will be grandfathered in, and that no student will be forced to move to "scary" Hearst and God forbid, have to walk an extra 6 blocks or drive five minutes.

As another poster pointed out, in the vast scheme of the city's boundary changes, Murch's issues are really minor and will only affect incoming families.   [/quote]

I'm an incoming family and I'm really upset about it.  [/quote]

1) You are blessed that this is all you have to be upset about (First world problem) and 
2) Apply for proximity preference [/quote]

DME asked for people's feed back about these ideas and how they affect our families. The fact that other people have different or worse issues does not mean that each person is not allowed to let the city know how they feel about how the proposal would change their lives. It's not hysteria -- it is how these people feel. It is the feedback DME asked for. Let's face it, if they were silent, the message would be that they are OK with it.  And who knows what will or is happening with the boundaries at this point, let alone grandfathering, so I would expect to keep hearing from anyone who is not happy with how these plans affect them until this whole thing is over with. They are allowed to be heard.

What is proximity preference and where does one apply for it? And how does it apply to overcrowded schools?[/quote]

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