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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the Poster referencing Keene Mill - you do realize Keene Mill is right next to Irving - literally, and much closer to WSHS then some of the other neighborhoods. They also want to rezone neighborhoods further back in cardinal forest to Keene mill. Again these neighborhoods are way closer to irving than other neighborhoods so stop bringing up how Keene Mill is closer to Lewis. Its way more closer to Irving and WSHS. What the board needs to do is do the residency checks and be serious about them and have legal punishments for parents who submit false paperwork showing false addresses. Otherwise those of us who play by the rules will continue to play by the rules but those that dont and have no problem lying really dont seem to care that they lie and get away with it..[/quote]

The board definitely needs to get serious about residency checks before even one neighborhood gets moved out of WSHS.  They can easily do them when a child is submitting their vaccinations before entering Irving.  Have parents go through the same checking process (show a bill, etc) that they did when they first registered (usually at the elementary level).  Do it again when they transition from Irving to WHSH.  It is not that hard! [/quote]

100% agree.

This is where the fight nedds to be at WSHS.

[b]I am the poster who mentioned KM being the closest.  Those people need to stop talking about the nearby under enrolled high school needing WSHS kids rezoned to it, and start joining the other half of WSHS that is advocating for residency checks.[/quote][/b]

Daventry families should espcially take note.  They are laying low right now because they have not been mentioned on any maps.  But there are certain school board members bringing them up in other neighborhood discussions for "next time."  Based on the debates on the facebook pages - elementary schools seem to be a hot topic, but the over arching support of  residecy checks at the 7th and 9th grade years should be on the forefront, because even neighborhoods who think they are safe, may not be as secure as they assume. [/quote]

Well, Daventry should never have been added to Irving/WSHS. It was made abundantly clear when that area was developed that there was NOT room at WSHS for them and that they would go to WSES/Key/Lewis. I don't know the politics behind what happened when they got moved to WSHS in the 2010s. But I think they should be first out if WSHS remains overcrowded AFTER residency checks. They could avoid creating a split feeder issue at WS elementary if they moved Daventry to Garfield ES/Key/Lewis. I believe Garfield is at about 75% capacity. That is the real solution (again IF they do residency checks and it doesn't relieve the overcrowding). I'm baffled that it wasn't suggested. [/quote]

I agree 100% and I think there are school board members who do as well, but Daventry has been under the radar this time trying to keep the spotlight off them.  Maybe they lawyered up early in the process because it is wild that it was never even on the table. [/quote]

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