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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Today at the BOE meeting, the central office stood behind the Superintendent’s recommendation.

However…to respond to some comments, they propose an alternative to the BOE that would cut Viers Mill Elementary in two for split articulation. The half in the walk zone to Wheaton would go to Wheaton. The other half would go to WJ. This is instead of all of VMES going to Woodward.

Thoughts?[/quote]

This compromise is certainly more balanced then Taylor's recommendation.[/quote]

I’m Woodward regardless. Is it? I guess I’m in favor of my school being less crowded but it looks like musical chairs.

WJ 77 to 84
Wheaton 86 to 93
Woodward 91 to 76

I don’t think balance is the right word here because it’s similar utilization rates just houses differently.[/quote]

FARMS balance[/quote]

WJ from 15.3 to 17.7
Wheaton from 59.2 to 58.7
Woodward from 35.2 to 32.2

Did it move the needle that much?

I agree it basically just moves around utilization rates without much change to farms. I guess a smidge but nothing meaningful worth breaking up communities over.[/quote]

It's not a meaningful farms difference.

What is happening is that they inflated the capacity of Wheaton HS by 500 seats over what is in the CIP for that school. So the Superintendent's recommendation actually leaves Wheaton HS over capacity. Adding half of Viers Mill would make this worse. In two years they will cry about how overcrowded Wheaton is and how the Council MUST fund an expansion of Edison HS (next door) for overflow. They will say this was promised to them, but it should never have been promised with the current fiscal situation. There is plenty of capacity in existing buildings, and the walk from Viers Mill to Wheaton is not safe. Everyone is better off with them getting a bus to another school with actual capacity.[/quote]

What happens right now? Do kids walk? If yes, then why can't they continue walking? If no then this is certainly an issue.[/quote]

They currently get driven or walk along unsafe roads to an overcrowded school.[/quote]

But it is close to home; much closer than WJ or Woodward and that will make a difference for some families.[/quote]

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