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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not rocket science - if any school ends up under-enrolled, allow county-wide transfers.

Guaranteed any under-enrolled neighborhood school in 2021 will be busting at the seems with kids in the neighborhood in the next couple years. do not take away highly walkable neighborhood schools. [/quote]

Why do you think people would transfer to a normal neighborhood school in large enough numbers to make a difference? Most people want to go to a school near where they live, so without a programmatic incentive and free transportation people are not going to transfer into a school in NW Arlington. [/quote]

I think if they were to do this, they'd have to try make the under-capacity school one close to a major commuting route where people would feel like they could drive their kids back and forth without having to go wildly out of their way. That will be the problem filling Williamsburg via countywide transfer, it's too inconvenient. Stratford, Kenmore or Jefferson would have been much better in that regard, but too many people didn't want to be the ones to switch to Williamsburg for that to happen.[/quote]

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