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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drew got 55% poors. Oh hell nah am I getting rezoned drew. [/quote]

You realize if they rezone a bunch of affluent Henry families to Drew it won't be 55% poor anymore.  [/quote]

50% for fall 2019 would be an optimistic target. Drew's current rate is a little over 50, but the student body is mostly montessori. The graded program is probably up near 70, and that's what the "new Drew" will start with. So it will be important that the students who are rezoned to Drew are not disproportionately poor or the rate will skyrocket.[/quote]

Current neighborhood program is about 200 kids.  Even if those 200 are 100% FRL, as a proportion of a full Drew school at 600 students (if not more), that's only 1/3 or 33% FRL.
That leaves a lot of space for more low-income before the school reaches an undesirable over 40%.  Yes, APS needs to be cognizant of who they redistrict to Drew; but it's not like the guaranteed starting point is 60%.  I hope Staff does a good job of showing the stats for the various boundary possibilities because if the zoned boundary is in the 40% range, I think a lot more MC families will stick around and that will only lead to even better things for Drew in the coming years.

But, APS can easily screw it up.  Actually, Staff does a pretty good job trying to balance the various factors - the SB is who will screw it up.[/quote]

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