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Parents and students urge board to pause redistricting; board and superintendent say process will continue with more input
Summary
Dozens of parents, students and volunteers packed the May 6 meeting to oppose redistricting options that would move small groups of students mid-track; speakers said the changes would harm social and academic continuity and asked for alternatives such as building use or long-term reconfiguration.
Dozens of community members addressed the West Seneca Central School District board on May 6 to oppose proposed redistricting options that would reassign small groups of students between the district's east and west attendance zones.
Parents, students and local volunteers said the plans would disrupt friendships, extracurricular teams and students' emotional stability at critical ages. "These are children, not wounds," said Amy Scott, a parent and Allendale substitute teacher, who described concerns about unequal course offerings between East and West high schools and the emotional impact of moving students after they had already begun to build relationships.
Several speakers said the proposals appear to single out particular neighborhoods and to shift the burden of past enrollment…
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