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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m assuming these are joke posts. [/quote]

Not the PPs, but I think it’s not too far from what the reality would look like. Academically stronger and/or higher SES kids would end up with preferential access to class and activities in a way that’s glaringly obvious. [/quote]

There is a real constituency in favor of the approach PP cited. If you just go to a shift, people will be skeptical. But if you demonstrate the haves will benefit, then those people plus fiscal hawks will let you ram this through.

No surprise Libby Garvey has suggested a shift schedule. The people I described above are the Vihstadt-Garvey coalition. When John blows away the Democrat in a “Blue Wave” election this Fall, watch for a third County Board member to join in and encourage shifts as the way to move forward with limited funds.[/quote]

Vihstadt is actually more open to giving the schools more money to build than most of the board (he just wants it done more cost-effectively). On this issue, Garvey is more in line with Cristol and Dorsey that APS should fine other ways of managing overcapacity instead of building more seats. Both of the Dem candidates hold that view as well, so far Vihstadt is the most pro-APS candidate in the race. [/quote]

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