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Article: New Trier parents fear 2-tier schools // Option to ease crowding mulled
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 5, 1998
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Penny and Bob Gundry bought a house in Glencoe eight years ago on
the strength of New Trier High School's academic reputation. They
were living in Los Angeles, and when Bob was transferred to Chicago,
friends there told them about New Trier.
Now the Gundrys fear their three children, ages 8, 9 and 12,
could wind up at New Trier WestHigh School in Northfield instead of
the prestigious Winnetka high school they heard so much about.
A plan to reopen New Trier West to deal with crowding at New
Trier's Winnetka campus has many residents concerned that a proposed
boundary might unfairly stigmatize students who fall on the west
side.
Monday night, more than 100 people went to the New Trier ...