{"id":5609,"date":"2015-04-21T21:21:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T04:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2015-04-21T21:21:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T04:21:54","slug":"letter-from-the-editor-border-wars-maybe-its-time-to-reconsider-our-choice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"Letter From the Editor: Border Wars: Maybe it\u2019s Time to Reconsider Our Choice System"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"switch<\/a>The choice system is complete, and statistically, most people are happy. In fact, 83% of families received their first choice. Aside from the 17% who may not be happy, there are other things to consider when examining the choice system. One of the most frustrating things about the choice system is that you can have five different schools represented on one block. This could be for several reasons including that a boundary school wasn\u2019t even open when kids on the block first starting attending school. But, in other scenarios, parents chose to send their kids to a different school because they liked the location better, their child had friends who planned to attend there, or they felt it was going to be a better learning environment for their child. These are all fair reasons.\n\nBut, let\u2019s take a look at the good ol\u2019 days of yesteryear when we were growing up. It was fun to have your neighbors, your block, and your neighborhood rallying around the same elementary school and having pride in that school. It was exciting to have the kids sports teams<\/a> based on their neighborhood school, and the kids played it out for bragging rights of what school had the best athletes. All of this also made it easier for parents to carpool to school and other activities, as well as kids grouping together to walk or ride their bikes to school together. For the kids, it was fun to meet friends from the other schools, and of course all of the drama that comes with a boy from one school \u201cgoing with\u201d a girl from another school.\nI\u2019m not saying the choice system is a bad system, it clearly is not. In fact, we chose a school outside of our boundary (simply due to better biking path), but would not have been disappointed had we gotten into our boundary school. Originally, having a boundary system would have been challenging due to the difference in population density of the neighborhoods. But, as Stapleton fills out, it will be much more viable to go to a boundary system, creating pride and fun rivalries within Stapleton. \u201cThey\u2019re all good schools\u201d can\u2019t be overstated. So, maybe looking a little ahead, we can make life easier on young Stapleton families and those who are moving here. Let\u2019s make that decision for them. \u201cYou\u2019re school is that one. The one five blocks from you.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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