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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have any thoughts on OP's original question, which is whether Janney's boundaries would be redrawn? Would it be likely for Janney and/or Murch boundaries be shrunk and Hearst's expanded in light of Hearst's extremely low in-boundary admissions?"

Janney parent here.  There has been talk of the boundaries being redrawn - I can't recall whether this is from the principal or Mary Cheh's office or both.  But it has been part of the discussion for the past few years as the school has worked to address the huge growth in population.  I don't think anyone has publicly stated how the boundaries could be changed, but I'm sure thought has going into that.[/quote]

For a while, I've thought that a more sensible idea -- as renovated, expanded Janney is already over capacity -- would be to explore a pairing relationship with Hearst.  Hearst is very close and their boundaries touch each other.  Put the schools under common administration and have some grades clustered in the Janney building and others in a renovated Hearst building.  Have a shuttle school bus go back and forth at pick up and drop-off to help families.   I'm not sure which grades should be where, although Hearst has more expansive grounds and the Hearst field which might be more suitable for, say, grades 4-5.  For a long time, Hearst was a school a bit in seach of a mission as it has the smallest percentage of neighborhood kids in Ward 3 (perhaps excepting Oyster, which is also twinned).  Rather than shrinking Janney boundaries to deal with overcrowding, having a common program with Hearst would make sense.  [/quote]

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