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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my big issues with this redistricting is why now?

A new high school will open in 2023 which will force another redistricting.

Why go through such a huge redistricting now when it's going to happen again in another few years?  I think Atholton HS is going to turn over something like 40% of its student body.  Crazy.

You can't tell me that won't have some kind of impact.

Why not wait until 2023?  Do it once instead of twice.[/quote]

Because there are several schools that are very, very overcrowded now.  Fulton ES is at 120% capacity.  Several other schools at the ES, MS and HS level are over 110% capacity.  The schools don't have any place to put the students.[/quote]

In addition, while some schools are severely overcrowded, adjacent schools are under capacity.  State funding for construction of needed new schools depends on making use of existing capacity. Filling schools is the only way to get new schools built. It needs to happen sooner, rather than later.  At the rate we are going, HS 13 is going to be over capacity by the time it opens.[/quote]

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