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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we get back to the question at hand?

Is it realistic for families currently zoned to Churchill, WJ, Whitman, etc to be concerned about redistricting?  Does anyone have concrete info?  (yes I know the study/hearings are upcoming, but someone must have some intel)[/quote]

WJ: yes b/c of overcrowding
Whitman and Churchill: doubtful b/c of steady enrollment[/quote]

The other factor is that it will be very hard to make changes to Whitman that have a meaningful impact on socioeconomic diversity without having significant busing, which the County may not want to do for a variety of reasons.  Modest shifts in the boundaries would move people from one wealthy school to another.  There is no easy answer on what to do given the geography and the inability to make meaningful changes with only modest increases in travel time.[/quote]

The boundary analysis will look at facility utilization as well as demographics.

And I think it's unlikely that people zoned for a [b]w[/b]ealthy/[b]w[/b]hite school will be happy about any boundary changes, even to another [b]w[/b]ealthy/[b]w[/b]hite school.[/quote]

I don't know that that's true.  If someone moves to a school of similar "quality," it presumably wouldn't have an impact on the educational experience or property values.  That eliminates many of the concerns.  If it is a longer commute people wouldn't be thrilled and some people won't like change just because they have always expected to go to X school, but I think the depth and breadth of the opposition would be different.  Also, I think most people view facility utilization as a legitimate reason for rezoning; trying to balance based on equity is more controversial.[/quote]

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