I appreciate and respect those parents who have given hours upon hours of their time to participate in the redistricting process. I am sure that this issues weighs heavy on their hearts and minds. They have tried to do the best they can with the criteria they were asked to use. I am ashamed for citizens who are so small minded that they blame the parent committee for promises they can't keep to their children. My second grade son will be moving to his third school. He doesn't want to but understands that he can learn, grow and make new friends wherever he attends school. I would bet Alli can do the same. It's a shame that her father was not given the opportunity to experience change and adversity earlier in his lifetime. If he had, he most definitely wouldn't make such unnecessary comments about children who live "near Wal-Mart and Home Depot." Some of those children have lost many special moments with their father while he was away fighting for Mr. Gaddy's right to speak ignorantly.

Your daughter is lucky in two ways. She has not yet begun school and she will still be able to attend a neighborhood school at Crabapple Lane. The school is less than a tenth of a mile difference in distance. Also it is well represented by Kedron families from Kedron Hills, Smokerise, Stonybrook, The Peninsula, North Cove, Ardenlee and now all of Georgian Parkway. All these subdivisions attended Kedron Elementary from the beginning investing 9 years in the school before being redistricted to Crabapple Lane. She will do fine at Crabapple Lane.