I'm sure state reformers can't wait for a national platform to use that sound bite. It has always been the Tempe way of life where schools are neatly tucked into neighborhoods. This philosophy has been well supported by our citizens and the City of Tempe. Currently, our state has open enrollment. This means children can attend schools of choice.
Open enrollment allows for choice other than the neighborhood school.
This is a good thing. Yet it doesn't exclude parents from having their children attend their neighborhood school if that is their choice. Ms. Keegan would have you believe that it is good policy that students living closest to a public school wouldn't necessarily have first rights to attend there, as they do now. I think it's wrong. I think it's morally questionable.