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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Compared to other Wilson feeders, they are far from Wilson [b]and close to other high schools[/b]. [/quote]

Bancroft 2.95
Hyde 3.35 miles
Oyster 3.55
Shepherd 4.1
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But Bancroft is 0.5 miles from CHEC and 1.5 miles from Cardozo. Or they could route it to Roosevelt through McFarland, which is about the same distance as Cardozo, linking up with some other bilingual elementary schools.

Shepherd is 1.7 miles from Coolidge and 3.4 miles from Roosevelt.

So those are two schools--not the only two schools--that are not super close to Wilson AND have a closer high school that is currently underenrolled. I agree that Adams could be sent to CHEC or Roosevelt (bilingual and international focus, respectively, and both are closer than Wilson).

Hyde is equidistant to Cardozo and Wilson, and which middle school would you send them to if not Hardy? The whole idea of the mayor's plan was that there would be a predictable pyramid: all the kids in an elementary school could go on to a single middle school, and all the kids there would go to the same high school. So I think Hyde has the safest feed to Wilson of those on the list above.

But nobody wants to lose their feed to Wilson. That's what caused this problem in the first place. In my mind, it would be simpler to solve it by not allowing OOB kids automatic rights to destination middle and high schools. That diffuses the opposition. If you cut a whole school out of a feeder pattern, the PTA gets involved, but if it's a geographically diverse group of families who left their IB schools for Wilson feeders, they are less unified. And you can pacify them with the opportunity to play the lottery again and get their kids into any open seats at Wilson or its feeders.[/quote]

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