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I agree. Leaders should lead and make the unpopular decisions, instead of leaving it to a community that thinks nothing of segregation when little Johnny may not get to go all the way through ES, MS, and HS with all of the same kids.

Oh please don't sound so holier than thou. It's not wrong that many people don't put demographic diversity at the top of their list when balancing multiple competing factors. To me it's a nice-to-have, for my own child I have other factors that are more important. In this case, many families zoned for W-L worry about losing IB access, which was a prime reason they bought in a W-L zone. For some, they do want community continuity for their children and families. For some, they see no reason to attend a school 50% further away when there is at least one and possibly two HS closer. And yes, some people do look at a school's performance or FARMS rate and want to send their kid to a school that is already high-performing rather than having their kid be one of those there to help improve it.

FWIW, My planning unit is not in play this go-around but I'm watching the issue closely.

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I agree. Leaders should lead and make the unpopular decisions, instead of leaving it to a community that thinks nothing of segregation when little Johnny may not get to go all the way through ES, MS, and HS with all of the same kids.

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I did the same thing. Moved units such that in my scenario all of Taylor would now feed to Yorktown

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Anonymous wrote:This process is total overkill for a move that will affect 100 kids. Save your powder for the real redistricting in a couple of years.

Except that it matters to those 400 kids and their friends that they will leave behind. They aren't just numbers on a piece of paper, they are real students.

But there is a limited set of options, so they should just come up with some options, list the pros and cons, have some way to get some feedback, and make a decision. All these giant meetings, the tool, the process....its just a lot for what is actually a fairly small change. It tires everyone out and we have a hard time getting engagement on the many, many issues facing the school system. People use their energy on things like this, that seem like a big deal, and then other things get ignored until they blow up. Minor boundary adjustments should be something we are treating as routine and administrative, not "all hands on deck" massive public input processes.

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Anonymous wrote:This process is total overkill for a move that will affect 100 kids. Save your powder for the real redistricting in a couple of years.

Except that it matters to those 400 kids and their friends that they will leave behind. They aren't just numbers on a piece of paper, they are real students.

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Anonymous wrote:I bridged the Yorktown island and gave Yorktown a few additional units along the west county border but stopped at Route 50. I gave Wakefield Ft Myer and some units around the east end of Columbia Pike.

I moved 1302, 1303, 1304, 2312, 2313, 2314, and 2401 to Yorktown.

And I moved 3706, 4611, 4612, 4614, 4691, 4815, 4816, 4818, 4828, 4829, and 4899 to Wakefield.

I ended up with most year capacities under or close to 102 with only a couple years at 104 but that was my highest in any school. My goal was to end up with sustainable numbers and with my boundaries they all looked pretty good (104 or less) four years out.

I know you got the capacities close to 102 but isn't it farther for the planning units you selected to get to Wakefield? Or were you looking at other criteria as well and not just the capacity issue?

Anonymous wrote:I bridged the Yorktown island and gave Yorktown a few additional units along the west county border but stopped at Route 50. I gave Wakefield Ft Myer and some units around the east end of Columbia Pike.

I moved 1302, 1303, 1304, 2312, 2313, 2314, and 2401 to Yorktown.

And I moved 3706, 4611, 4612, 4614, 4691, 4815, 4816, 4818, 4828, 4829, and 4899 to Wakefield.

I ended up with most year capacities under or close to 102 with only a couple years at 104 but that was my highest in any school. My goal was to end up with sustainable numbers and with my boundaries they all looked pretty good (104 or less) four years out.

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Anonymous wrote:I connected the Yorktown island and changed the units closest to Wakefield over to Wakefield. Didn't think through ES/MS boundaries though - that would have been helpful.

This is pretty much what I did, and then I used the free response portion to say that I think we need a 4th comprehensive high school to keep up with the population growth.

Also a good point to add. Can we submit more than once?

I did the same thing. Moved units such that in my scenario all of Taylor would now feed to Yorktown, and only 4 units would move to Wakefield, unfortunately they are the four southwestern ones along the Pike that are part of the Carlin Springs zone but are also geographically closest to Wakefield. My rationale having played with the tool a lot this afternoon was that any other set of moves to W'field meant onesy-twosy groups of students from multiple schools to make the math work. I didn't want to send just one planning unit of kids from Patrick Henry or Long Branch or Hoffman Boston. I was hoping to try and unite groups of kids to stay together through their entire HS experience.

That being said, it's all changing again in four years, but it will impact these particular kids now so I do think it's worth the effort to think about these real seats for these real kids. I'm in a neighborhood where the elementary could end up dispersing kids to two middle schools and three high schools and it's really upsetting to the community, and I'm using that as a factor.

PP, I watched the community meeting online. There is nothing to stop you from submitting more than once. They can track if multiple entries come from the same computer so if you are trying to game it out by submitting the same solution 50 times it won't help you. This isn't a voting exercise where the scenario with the most votes wins. However, they did say that if you have more than one unique solution, or set of rationales that you want to submit, then go for it. They are seeking community input and that's helpful to them.

Anonymous wrote:I expanded the Yorktown Island.
To Yorktown: 2315, 4815, 4818, 4828, 4829, 4899
To Wakefield: 1202, 4604, 4606, 4612, 4695.

This plan reduces the income disparity between the schools.

Anonymous wrote:This process is total overkill for a move that will affect 100 kids. Save your powder for the real redistricting in a couple of years.

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Anonymous wrote:I connected the Yorktown island and changed the units closest to Wakefield over to Wakefield. Didn't think through ES/MS boundaries though - that would have been helpful.

This is pretty much what I did, and then I used the free response portion to say that I think we need a 4th comprehensive high school to keep up with the population growth.

Also a good point to add. Can we submit more than once?

Anonymous wrote:This process is total overkill for a move that will affect 100 kids. Save your powder for the real redistricting in a couple of years.