Madison Park reassignment for ALL

Madison Park Students should all be assigned to the same schools. I encouraged those working on the boundary issue to not leave our side out when this new push came up in 2013/2014 to have our schools reassigned. Jarret Hunt our former board member in 2011 and 2012 was requested to do the same thing when he worked on the school assignments as a board member of Madison Park. The NSA is one and so should the school assignments. I would recommend all the area in the NSA be assigned to the new school choices.

The children in Madison Park need to go to the schools nearest the the community, not to a high school such as Harding that is miles away. Our family knows of the hardship that caused when our child was sent to Harding.

I am a teacher and a proud community member of Madison Park on Fairbanks Road for 10 years. Please consider allowing the 250 Madison Park homes south of Tyvola to be a part of the feeder pattern of Myers Park/AG and the Pinewood attendance zone. Allowing such a Grandfather clause would let the entire community of Madison Park remain strong and vibrant together with their families and throughout their education. Thank you for your consideration.

The rationale given for moving from Harding to Myers Park High is to decrease the "home to school distance"; however, the homes within Madison Park neighborhood that are farther south are still slated to remain in Harding. I would urge the board to stay true to their own rationale.

Please keep our kids together in the same schools. It's important to ensuring our neighborhood is a true neighborhood.

Madison Park, regardless of which side of the road one lives on, has always been a cohesive neighborhood and a strong community. Please consider the entirety of the Madison Park neighborhood together in the reassignment plan, including the families to the South of Tyvola Road. As a lifelong Madison Park resident, parent of a teenager, and a registered voter, thank you for your consideration.

Are you including the condo's at village on the park? On Cranford Drive? We are Montclaire and no one seems to be talking about how it is not diverse. Or getting us into the Maddison Parl petition even though we are Maddison Park area also.

Also keeps Pinewood students together which is important.

I have been a resident of Madison Park for 7 years. I fully support the reassignment of schools in Madison Park to Pinewood, AG, and Myers Park schools. Please consider ALL homes in Madison Park including homes in Madison Park that are south of Tyvola in the reassignment plan so that we can keep our neighborhood together and consistent with your guiding principles. Thank you for your consideration. Elizabeth Gilbert Liliensteins

Concerned mom of child at Montclaire Elementary. Once again they have been forgotten.

Please keep the Madison Park neighborhood united for school assignment boundaries. This request is consistent with Guiding Principle for Student Assignment, I.A.1.c., “Keeping entire neighborhoods assigned to the same school.” I respectfully ask CMS to stand by their guiding principals and keep our neighborhood united. This will benefit CMS and the Madison Park neighborhood.

Please keep the Madison Park neighborhood united for school assignment boundaries. This request is consistent with Guiding Principle for Student Assignment, I.A.1.c., “Keeping entire neighborhoods assigned to the same school.” I respectfully ask CMS to stand by their guiding principals and keep our neighborhood united. This will benefit CMS and the Madison Park neighborhood.

Please consider this respectful request that you include the entire Madison Park neighborhood in the rezoning plan to keep our neighborhood together as is consistent with your guiding principles and the interests of those living here. Thank you for your consideration.

As a resident of Madison Park living south of Tyvola, I fully support this petition and request ALL homes in the Madison Park neighborhood be included in the reassignment to AG Middle and Myers Park High together. Thanks for your consideration.

We have enjoyed living in Madison Park since 2003 and are excited to see the proposed changes to move part of the neighborhood to closer schools. Please consider including ALL Madison Park homes in the proposed middle and high school changes so that our children can attend the same schools. Thank you!

Thank you for thinking of Madison Park during this restructure. Please consider adding Madison Park south of Tyvola as well.

All of Madison Park should be rezoned including south of Tyvola which is still part of the same neighborhood. Make it right!

I am in full support of the CMS plan to rezone Madison Park to Pinewood>Alexander Graham>Myers Park public school feeder pattern

Montclaire Elementary was completely, totally ignored during the current reassignment plan. This school is 90+% Latino. Where is the balance? Why such a high concentration of Latino students? I have no issues with ALL children receiving an education - but a better job needs to be done to diversify this school. We also need to be treated fairly when it comes to neighborhood schools - we lose so many good families from this side of Tyvola Road because of the schools that the children are currently assigned to. Please, please, PLEASE incude Montclaire and the southern portion of Madison Park in the reassignment plan. Diversify Montclaire Elementary and bring us into the consistency of the remaining schools in our neighborhood - stop ignoring us. You are impacting home prices and attractiveness to new residents, and it is vital that Madison Park be be kept together.

I am an active, registered voter.