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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why isn't there a petition seeking justice for current 7th graders who will be entering 10th grade when all the changes take effect and forced to change high schools? I think we can all agree that these kids are poorly situated in all this. I wonder if it would really be that hard to at least give these kids the option to finish high school where they started. [/quote]
my goodness. They will be ok.  Lots of kids have gone through boundary changes in the middle of their school years. The kids are alright.  It's not like your kid will be the only one moving. Sheesh.[/quote]

I agree kids have done it before and they will survive, but why not try to minimize harm and disruption? Letting kids finish the high schools they started seems like a pretty easy way to do that.[/quote]
Because then there will be a brand HS that is sitting mostly empty for a couple of years.  Would you build a house, and then let it sit there for a couple of years because you don't want to disrupt your kids HS sophomore year?
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It's a sunk cost. They are paying for the new school regardless of what they do with rising 10th graders. Letting it sit mostly empty isn't costing them more. If I were in a similar situation and had two houses (an old house and a new house), and staying in the old house for a couple of years - or more - would allow my kids to maintain school stability then yes, I would absolutely stay in the old house and keep the new house empty for those years.

I understand that they would have to figure out bussing for these kids, but they are already doing it for rising 11th and 12th graders. Adding in one more grade doesn't seem that difficult.[/quote]
No, it's not a sunk cost. And no, you would not let a brand new house just sit there for a few years if your current house was way too small for your family. That is ridiculous.

Your snowflakes will be fine. I promise.[/quote]

It’s not a few years. It’s just one year. Would you let your half renovated house sit a year when your high schooler finishes the last year of school? Yes totally. Whoever goes to crown the first year has to also endure the construction of the school. It’s not even fully built. [/quote]
No, it's 3 years. You said rising 10th grader staying at their home school.  10th to 12th - that's 3 years.  [/quote]

Then why don’t they let rising 11th and 12th grade leave? It fits your snowflake theory too. They’ll be fine anyway. Just let the school be full then. They’re wasting two years anyway. Why not just do less harm for kids who already enter a high school? 
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