Thank you for sharing your concerns. I also live in the CSHS zone, in the "midtown" area under consideration for rezoning. But unless they don't grandfather existing high schoolers, which I'm not expecting, this won't affect my kids.
I get your kid's fears. I think one drawback to this new method of rezoning, as compared to the old committee method, is that everything is being done out in the open. While I think this is better than doing everything in secret, I can also see how the fear of the unknown, especially as it drags out during the decision-making process, can be rough on students and their families.
That being said, I just can't see building a new school now, or even expanding CSHS now, when we have room for 600 - 700 more students at Consol. Beyond the debt that would require just to build a 3rd school, then we would have to have a 3rd principal, a 3rd set of assistant principals, a 3rd librarian, a 3rd nurse, a 3rd SRO, etc., who all have to be paid regularly.
Ideally I would like to see middle-income neighborhoods moved to Consol. Consol seems to have a good portion of students from high-income families, and a good portion of students from low-income families. Those middle-income areas are not as pronounced in the Consol zone, from what I can see. I got the impression, from watching the last school board workshop, that this is what the school board wants as well. I watched the workshop online, and there are times where microphones cut out, and I missed what certain board members said, but I really got no sense of this being a money grab from CSHS. I think the difficulty is that once you get outside of walking distance from CSHS, it is very difficult to find a middle income neighborhood that isn't already zoned to Consol. If you have suggestions for such a neighborhood, please let me know. And maybe a board member will read it here and ask for another map from the administration (wink, wink).
As for your comment about fighting for money and growth in the Consol zone, I'm not sure I understand that. How does a homeowner or parent do that? Did you fight for money and growth in your zone?