Comments on: Zeroing in on a new system: a postscript http://rachelnorton.com/2010/02/03/zeroing-in-on-a-new-system-a-postscript/ A public school parent on the Board of Education Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: anonymous http://rachelnorton.com/2010/02/03/zeroing-in-on-a-new-system-a-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:34:23 +0000 http://rachelnorton.com/?p=2673#comment-1764 Hi,

Rachel, I really appreciate your blogs. I go straight here when I have questions.

Question 1: So even high demand schools like Rooftop and Clarendon, which currently are not “attendance area schools” would become “attendance area schools” under Option 2?
Question 2: How would immersion or bicultural programs fit under Option B?
Question 3: When does the Board expect the attendance areas to be made public?

Thank you.

]]> By: bolo http://rachelnorton.com/2010/02/03/zeroing-in-on-a-new-system-a-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:06:00 +0000 http://rachelnorton.com/?p=2673#comment-1757 it says the school “could choose” to set aside outsider spots for non-residents. that’s a pretty big “if” don’t you think??? it seems to me after all this time, leaving out a detail like that in the plan is CRAZY!!! am i missing something? or, is everyone just focusing on and assuming option a is going to be it anyway, so they haven’t worked through the details of option b. the way it’s written now, option b is just going to lock people out from the popular schools unless we can find housing near the schools. i don’t understand how this achieves any diversity or deals with oversubscription in the popular neighborhood, either. so, i scramble to move near my #1 choice, as do all parents who want it, and then what happens when we can’t get a spot b/c it’s full? where do we go next? all the popular schools will be fulled b/c everyone will have moved to that area and we’ll be left to the unpopular schools unless the popular schools “choose” to reserve spots for outsiders. am i missing something here?

]]> By: 2011 SFUSD Mom http://rachelnorton.com/2010/02/03/zeroing-in-on-a-new-system-a-postscript/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:27:09 +0000 http://rachelnorton.com/?p=2673#comment-1742 Anything which increases predictability is *key*… also, I heard that there might be momentum to change the application date. That would reduce participation in the public schools in this town, and I believe it would actually discriminate against the people who apply to parochial and/or private schools (because of the ensuing conflict in decision dates). You can’t possibly support that as a pragmatic change…

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