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Wards 7 and 8, the two that BASIS refused to consider, have the highest numbers of elementary school aged children. Ward 2 has the fewest elementary aged children. BASIS admitted that their own research showed that families wouldn't travel as far for elementary school as they will for middle and high school. They literally could not come up with an answer at the hearing as to why they refused to consider wards 7 and 8.

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They said in the hearing that because ward 2 was centrally located, it enabled them to draw from many different wards and they demonstrated this was so with the current school.  They also said that because it was near their current school, it allowed for positive interaction and tutoring between the older and younger children, so it's somewhat disingenuous to suggest that "literally could not come up with an answer" when they provided a pretty clear one.

In addition, it's irrelevant.  The requirement you quoted only requires them to show there is a need in the location, not to show that it is somehow better than every other possible location.[/quote]

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