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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another option would be to get rid of the automatic right of OOB students at feeders to attend Deal.[/quote]

Sadly, I am starting to come around to this conclusion. I was vehemently opposed to it before...but this does seem like the most viable option. [/quote]

I agree with this route too. I've been saying it for years.[/quote]

You've been saying it for years and that's because it will never happen. It is political suicide and to make it happen you've have to grandfather in a generation. So fine, do it but do it now and say it becomes effective several years down the road. [/quote]

Why do you think it's political suicide to say OOB students do not get automatic feeder rights, and their feeder rights are only if there is excess space at the next school? That just seems logical.

I also can't imagine the OOB population that would lose access is so huge that it would create a political problem. Deal is currently about 120 students over capacity, and IIRC, that's about the OOB population at Deal. So that's 120 unhappy families. I think Wilson might have another 150-200 in that same position. So altogether, we are talking fewer than 350 families - 700 votes if each has two parents voting. Doesn't seem like a political threat of large proportions. But there are lots more in-bounds families at Deal and Wilson who are frustrated by the overcrowding, and still others who opted for private schools to avoid the overcrowding. That seems like a bigger number than the OOB families that might lose feeder rights.

What am I missing?[/quote]

It's not the numbers, it's the optics.  [/quote]

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