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My guess is the school board caved into pressure from Arlington parents that did not want high school boundaries to change. [/quote]

It's much easier to say you'd have no problem sending your kid to Wakefield than actually do it. [/quote

[b]My guess is that the school board is putting off telling Arlington parents unpleasant truths, such as "high school boundaries need to change."
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My kids are walking distance to W-L, so I would prefer that they not be bused to Wakefield. But they aren't walking distance to any middle school, so I don't care if they get sent somewhere other than Swanson. [/quote]

PP here who attended the school board meeting:  The Board was just kicking off their deliberations in an open meeting so you may be right but if you look at the presentation you will see that APS Facilities Planning recommends non-boundary approaches to dealing with high school capacity.  The Board vocally agreed with this approach with one member noting that Wakefield only has 350 seats available this fall and those seats could very likely be absorbed by students already within the school's current boundary over the next few years. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out...
[url]https://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/9BPN295CADFB/$file/MSMS%20Process%20Update.pdf[/url][/quote]

Facilities staff and the school board don't work independently of each other, so I'm sure community opposition to boundary changes in addition to few empty seats at Wakefield contributed to the decision not to change high school boundaries. Perhaps classroom additions for the high schools are now on the horizon. [/quote]

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