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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. My planning unit only shows up as being an option for Fleet. We're zoned for Barcroft, but can't add it as a walk option. Same for Henry and any other school. The only place we can say we think we can be added is Fleet? This is the part of Alcova Heights north of 9th St S... it's 3 planning units that includes some apartments and condos, but also many houses and FSI. [/quote]

If you think your planning unit could feasibly be walkable to Fleet, respond to that questionnaire and note that, including any safety considerations that would affect walkability. Also, you're not limited to addressing only your own planning unit. If there's another unit in the neighborhood you know well that you believe could be walkable (to Fleet or otherwise), note that as well.

The point of the surveys isn't to poll a neighborhood or school about what they would prefer, it's to get information from people who really know the planning units about what's actually walkable and what isn't rather than relying upon assumptions about what should be walkable based on a map. Any area you know well enough to make that judgment with regard to any school is fair game for a questionnaire response.[/quote]

Another NP here.  I also live in Alcova Heights (although I have not yet filled out the questionnaire).  According to the civic association president, APS is interested in getting feedback from the neighborhood about the feasibility of walking to Fleet, Henry, Barcroft, Randolph, and Barrett.  There was a recent discussion about this on the neighborhood listserv. I assume that each of those schools must be within one or one-and-a-half miles of some part of the neighborhood.  I know that a couple of neighborhood parents have volunteered to engage with APS on this issue on behalf of the civic association. [/quote]

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