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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happened to Jennifer L was awful & tragic. But Nottingham is not more inherently dangerous than other schools. Kids cross 26th and Sycamore everyday. I see them on my commute. Kids cross Carlin Springs. And Glebe. So argue for more safety precautions. But don’t exploit a tragedy in the interest of your convenience. That’s not ok. [/quote]

Bingo.[/quote]

[b][u]News Flash[/b][/u] - she wasn't crossing the street and it wasn't at the start or end of the school day.[/quote]
I find this entire thread sad and disturbing at this point.  Please don’t exploit someone’s death to make an argument one way or the other.[/quote]

Her death isn't being exploited. We are not using it to drum up sympathy for some issue unrelated to her death, no one is saying, "Remember Jennifer Bush-Lawson, she would want Nottingham to stay a neighborhood school!" We are saying that her death highlights how dangerous that road is and why it needs to be fixed. It needs to be fixed regardless of Nottingham's status as an option or neighborhood school, but it especially needs to be fixed before APS changes Nottingham's status in a way that makes it even more dangerous. We are saying this isn't a trivial concern of ours, we're not making it up that the road in front of Nottingham is dangerous, the circumstances around her death prove how dangerous that stretch of road is. That is in no way exploitation, don't project your own motivations and strategies on us.[/quote]

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