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Parents urge Downingtown board to review East Ward boundary that splits small neighborhoods
Summary
Multiple parents and residents asked the Downingtown Area School Board to place the East/West split affecting portions of East Ward (Williamsburg, Norwood House Road) on the board’s agenda for review, saying the boundary sends about 15 students per grade away from their natural cohort, harms social connections and raises equity concerns.
Several parents and residents used public comment time to ask the Downingtown Area School Board to revisit a boundary that divides small portions of East Ward and sends a minority of students to Downingtown West.
Gina Ziak said the Williamsburg and Norwood House Road neighborhoods were split out more than a decade ago to ease overcrowding; she said enrollment and building capacity have since changed. “This boundary separates a very small group of children, about 15 of the 112 in this year's fifth grade class in East Ward,” Ziak said. She asked the board to place the boundary issue…
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