Comments on: Here Comes Westchester! Time to Rezone the Elementary Schools Again

By: Bob Janke

Bob Janke — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:45:09 +0000

I don’t get this map at all – It makes absolutely no sense for houses on the same street and around the corner from Winnona Park to have to trek across the tracks to Glennwood. That would be a terrible long walk for a little kid who otherwise would just be a few doors down from school on a neighborhood street. It also cleaves the Winnona Park neighborhood in half, and that makes no sense from a neighborhood continuity point.

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:27:24 +0000

And the third option has the MAK going to Glennwood. I know there are probably no easy answers, and some tough choices to make, but the MAK always seems to be on the trading block during these redistricting efforts.

By: Kate Gardes

Kate Gardes — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:38:21 +0000

Don’t look at the map at the top of this post. It was an example in the presentation, not an actual proposal.

I actually think the ones posted on 10-21 are already outdated because according to PsyMom’s comment above, “The Zoning Committee met last night and reviewed 3 zoning options (meeting was open for public observation). The committee gave input on those 3 options which will be revised and then presented at the Community input session next Monday.”

So it sounds like the maps from 10-21 will be revised based on those comments and may very well look quite different by Monday’s meeting. (Or maybe I’m reading this all wrong, I guess we’ll see.)

By: nelliebelle1197

nelliebelle1197 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:17:22 +0000

Yeah, but are you crossing the tracks? There are lot of families right now who LIVE in Oakhurst and their next door neighbors go to Oakhurst and they have to deal with McDonough and Candler to get to Winona Park. Sorry, but I am for keeping neighborhoods and blocks together.

By: sfmaster

sfmaster — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:21:08 +0000

uhhh – thought my house was so close to WP that there was no way I’d ever go anywhere else but looking at those draft maps I guess I better plan to go to those meetings.

I absolutely don’t envy the committee, what difficult work that must be. That said, scenarios that have 1/2 of Winnona Drive heading to Glenwood seem quirky to me………