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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Above all else, it’s the arrogance of the school board members that really angers me. They heard from us five years ago when they tried to change boundaries that we don’t want them moved. But throughout the whole process, they continue to ignore public opinion on boundaries.[/quote]

It’s the, “we know best” and “we are hearing from people who want this, trust me”. That gets me. When asked if our board member was hearing from people in our boundary that wanted this, she changed the subject to another neighborhood. Why? Because no one that I’ve come across in our small pocket wants this unnecessary change. We aren’t the only neighborhood in her constituency with a similar response. [/quote]

They haven’t even identified the problem they are trying to solve by redistricting.

What is their WHY? [/quote]

[b]I'm one of the frequent WSHS[/b] posters and I'm not against the idea of boundary change. But you need to be targeted and [b]solving an actual problem,[/b] like the Coates situation. The community needs to be behind the change and there needs to be liberal "phasing" (i.e. grandfathering) for families. That's what they've done in the past and despite their whole "we haven't changed boundaries in 40 years" spiel, they have changed boundaries for schools. Many times. This whole process seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Whatever their original intent was (moving kids so they could find space for universal pre-K; moving kids to even out FARMS rates), they've stepped back from that in the light of intense community pushback. The question is what they'll end up proposing. [/quote]

You know the problem being solved for WSHS is overcrowding. [/quote]

It's not overcrowded and the CIP numbers in all of the ES schools are falling, not rising. There is no new construction inside the boundary. But maybe WSHS is being targeted so someone can move the small number of Rolling Valley kids in really nice houses to WSHS and out of Lewis.  :roll: [/quote]

Exactly this.[/quote]

Technically it is overcrowded by 275 students. Roughly 11% over the Design Capacity.[/quote]

Yeah not worth disrupting us for![/quote]

Just pointing out it that WS is indeed overcrowded.

It would be very stupid to move Hunt Valley students out and move Rolling Valley /Lewis students to WS.

Especially since Lewis is 200 under Program Capacity and 450-500 under Design Capacity. Not ideal. Kill IB and standardize language offerings to get the transfers back. That is the first step.[/quote]

I'm shocked that the SB hasn't mentioned sunsetting the IB program and replacing it with AP. We are currently zoned for an IB school. If we don't move before my 4th grader starts high school, we will absolutely look into transferring to another high school for AP offerings. Both my spouse and I entered college with a semester of credits because of our AP scores in high school and we want our kids to have the same opportunity. If they just had a robust offering of AP classes in our zoned high school, they wouldn't be risk losing more educated families from IB schools. [/quote]

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