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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't usually comment on these threads, but I'm a minority and my kids go to Nottingham. This narrative about Nottingham parents screwing over McKinley in the redistricting process needs to stop. It was a very small handful of PTA busybodies who put together that "official" Nottingham position that no planning units should be sent to our school. The vast majority of Nottingham parents had no idea this position was being developed and they CERTAINLY did not approve of it or advocate for it. I'm tired of Nottingham as a whole being cast as the villain in these conversations.

The school is lovely and my kids are thriving. The parents are ambitious and involved and smart--like most people in this area. We have been welcomed with open arms into this community! It is not a den of racists. [/quote]

Agree 1,000%. The bitterness towards the entire school and community is just so extreme. These posters should be addressed for defamation - of the entire school, the PTA and the community. It's pathetic and ridiculous and has to stop.

Thanks for your post PP[/quote]

Pray tell...which are the false claims?  Isn't the PTA elected by the parents to represent the parents?[/quote]

New poster.  Yes, the PTA is elected by the parents.  [b]But several years have passed since these incidents occurred[/b].  So the PTA is likely different, there are new parents at the school, etc.  How long does the bad reputation last — I’m genuinely curious.  Im not suggesting people get over it, but [b]APS is about to redraw the boundary lines again.  Will that make it right?[/b]  [/quote]

Two years have passed, not several, and as a result a few thousand children will have spent some or all of their elementary school in a vastly overcrowded facility with almost no field space while nearby schools have capacity.  The boundary changes will hopefully make it right, but not until 2021.  It may be over to the families at Nottingham, but those decisions still very much impact the families at McKinley.[/quote]

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