Comments for Our Voice at http://tracypress.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://tracypress.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14007/2244/#comment-40800 From my understanding, the original 30 members of the steering committee took into consideration things other than proximity. It was important to many administrators that students not be separated from their peers, so there was a strong effort to have all the students from individual elementary schools go to the same high school. As a result the new boundaries for the high school ended up closely reflecting boundaries for elementary schools. Arguably it is more important to have proximity more important to elementary schools than high schools. In a perfect world all three high schools would be in different locations altogether. Unfortunately, Tracy's not a planned development, and schools have been built as needed in the available space at the time. Had Tracy anticipated 100 years of growth 100 years ago, land could have been put aside for future high school developments. The placement of Kimball I'm sure reflects the likely continued growth of Tracy to the West. - Jim Lamb Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:25:57 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14007/2244/#comment-40665 I agree the current plan is choppy and inconsistent. Poet Christian is closer to Tracy High and it has the Arts Academy. Traina may actually be farther from Kimball than any other school in the Jefferson District. People across 11th from Kimball will attend West. What is going on? - Fed Up Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:20:17 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14007/2244/#comment-40598 After viewing the proposed 3 high school boundary map in Sunday's TP it is apparent the article omitted some important information. TP mentioned the committee even considered Global Positioning Data, but the article failed to mention special interest and the lack of logic used in determining the boundaries. I should suspect whoever drew the map was a retired gerreymanderer, carving out a little niche hear and there as favors to "special interest". The site chosen for Kimball High School makes as much since as the site picked for the fire station on west 11th St., more gridlock with no means of exit during commute time. A logical map would use boundaries following the four main compass points, North, South, East and West and not contain the zigg'n and zagg'n of the current proposal. Keep it simple and remember it is for the students and one should not have to transverse 5 signal lights and 2.8 miles when a neighborhood school is only one light and a 0.25 mile away. - seedeem Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:15:18 +0100