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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you watched tonight’s board meeting, it seems clear that ASFS wants to stay put.  So who exactly are the mischief makers trying to paint a picture of ASFS wanting a swap with Key?  Something is really off about this.[/quote]

There are a mix of opinions but the most vocal contingent at ASFS is the group trying to NOT swap. The earlier comments about ASFS “pushing” for a swap are incorrect.

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The ASFS teachers that supported and agreed with a move according to that earlier comment were probably just humoring an aggressive parent.   The Science teacher who everyone highly values was one of the speakers tonight who did not want to move![/quote]

OK, so assuming arguendo it’s just a minority of parents at ASFS who want a swap, the question I have is, why?  Why would anyone think it’s a good idea?[/quote]

My understanding is that ASFS wants to maintain the status quo: stay exactly where they are, and mostly keep the current boundary (the Key zone). They've seen what an ASFS neighborhood boundary would probably be, and most of the current families would not be in it. I also think if they have to choose between staying together but being moved to a new building, or keeping the building but having most of their students rezoned to another school much further away, they'd prefer the swap.

I think it's not about the lab, but about keeping the community mostly together. [/quote]

Sounds to me more like a house divided with two different points of view for how they see ASFS going forward [/quote]
 
Actually no, its just folks from Cherrydale who DON'T attend ASFS who want to reclaim it as their neighborhood school.  They actually want to make both schools neighborhood schools; current parents prefer to stay but bar that would accept a swap over basically the entire population moving to new administration.

People talk about not having the same teacher year to year, but children recognize teachers as they move up, support staff, administration.  Suddenly all the authority figures at their school are completely new; it's jarring and many kids will have a hard time.[/quote]

You make it sound like Cherrydale is trying to landgrab ASFS, but at the end of the day, you all want basically ASFS to stay. So why advocate for a swap?

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