FCPS Skyview Boundary Scenario 1/2/3

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The bussing for Skyview has not been set yet. They did mention a hub system but no one said where the hub locations would be. I doubt that they would be at the base HS because those are farther away from the school. I would expect the hub bus stop for Fox Mill students to be Fox Mill ES, which is walkable by the vast majority of those students. The hub system for TJ picks up some students at their base HS but plenty of the bus stops are other places. DC is attending next year and the hub stops on the list did not have a lot of the HS but are more centralized points where they can pick up multiple kids more easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bussing for Skyview has not been set yet. They did mention a hub system but no one said where the hub locations would be. I doubt that they would be at the base HS because those are farther away from the school. I would expect the hub bus stop for Fox Mill students to be Fox Mill ES, which is walkable by the vast majority of those students. The hub system for TJ picks up some students at their base HS but plenty of the bus stops are other places. DC is attending next year and the hub stops on the list did not have a lot of the HS but are more centralized points where they can pick up multiple kids more easily.

When I was a kid our bus system provided bussing to the private schools in addition to the public schools. The hubs were local shopping centers.

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Anonymous wrote:The bussing for Skyview has not been set yet. They did mention a hub system but no one said where the hub locations would be. I doubt that they would be at the base HS because those are farther away from the school. I would expect the hub bus stop for Fox Mill students to be Fox Mill ES, which is walkable by the vast majority of those students. The hub system for TJ picks up some students at their base HS but plenty of the bus stops are other places. DC is attending next year and the hub stops on the list did not have a lot of the HS but are more centralized points where they can pick up multiple kids more easily.

The difference between Skyview and TJ is that TJ has a relatively small number of kids attending who live 2-4 miles away. Let's say one of the Skyview hub stops was Floris. You could fill an entire bus with kids being dropped off at that hub - so why not send that bus to their neighborhoods?

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else thinking of having their kids bike? I am. They DID say they were providing transportation to in boundary kids and we are in boundary in every scenario.

They are providing transportation. Its just not up to pp's standards.

DP. It’s a legitimate gripe. One of the worst things about MS is the awful early bus pickup. It’s bad enough for 2 years and having to do it longer sorta sucks.
For this coming year they would have synched and merged with Carson routes and that would have covered a lot of kids.

I doubt the pick up will be as early as a middle school pick up, because all the buses are being used for middle school runs at that time.

Right now we have a 7:10 bus pickup for Westfield. That's going to have to get way earlier, because of the second bus ride plus the fact that Skyview will start 10 minutes earlier than Westfield.

Our MS bus pick up time was 6:15 am. I doubt they will be picking your kid up at 6:15 a.m.

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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone else thinking of having their kids bike? I am. They DID say they were providing transportation to in boundary kids and we are in boundary in every scenario.

They are providing transportation. Its just not up to pp's standards.

DP. It’s a legitimate gripe. One of the worst things about MS is the awful early bus pickup. It’s bad enough for 2 years and having to do it longer sorta sucks.
For this coming year they would have synched and merged with Carson routes and that would have covered a lot of kids.

I doubt the pick up will be as early as a middle school pick up, because all the buses are being used for middle school runs at that time.

Right now we have a 7:10 bus pickup for Westfield. That's going to have to get way earlier, because of the second bus ride plus the fact that Skyview will start 10 minutes earlier than Westfield.

Our MS bus pick up time was 6:15 am. I doubt they will be picking your kid up at 6:15 a.m.

I agree with you that 6:15 is way too early for middle school. But that's not relevant to the point that 6:45 (or whatever the new time might be) is too early for high school. And that would apply to kids who stay at their base school since they're sharing a bus with the kids who will hop on a second bus to Skyview. Teenagers need their sleep.

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Anonymous wrote:The bussing for Skyview has not been set yet. They did mention a hub system but no one said where the hub locations would be. I doubt that they would be at the base HS because those are farther away from the school. I would expect the hub bus stop for Fox Mill students to be Fox Mill ES, which is walkable by the vast majority of those students. The hub system for TJ picks up some students at their base HS but plenty of the bus stops are other places. DC is attending next year and the hub stops on the list did not have a lot of the HS but are more centralized points where they can pick up multiple kids more easily.

The difference between Skyview and TJ is that TJ has a relatively small number of kids attending who live 2-4 miles away. Let's say one of the Skyview hub stops was Floris. You could fill an entire bus with kids being dropped off at that hub - so why not send that bus to their neighborhoods?

No one knows, because they have not said.

I expect that the schools that are in boundaries will have normal bus routes. The schools that are not in boundary but are from the 5 impacted schools will either have a hub, for schools with a small number of kids attending, and others might have a regular bus route if they have more kids attending. For example, I believe something like 30 or more kids opted in from Fox Mill, I wouldn't be surprised if they have a route with 3-4 stops because of the number of kids. I know that there are some kids from Hughes MS that opted in, I don't know the numbers, but I would guess it would be a smaller number. Those ES might end up with a hub at their ES.

But we won't know until they set the boundaries. I do know that the transportation mess is causing parents who opted in to return their kid to their base school. They would be far better off letting people know what they are planning for transportation because that is the big factor in our neighborhood. They are shooting themselves in the feet with not setting up something.

[Anonymous]

Are they coming out with new maps/scenarios at the june meeting? is the plan then that they will decide at the july meeting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they coming out with new maps/scenarios at the june meeting? is the plan then that they will decide at the july meeting?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bussing for Skyview has not been set yet. They did mention a hub system but no one said where the hub locations would be. I doubt that they would be at the base HS because those are farther away from the school. I would expect the hub bus stop for Fox Mill students to be Fox Mill ES, which is walkable by the vast majority of those students. The hub system for TJ picks up some students at their base HS but plenty of the bus stops are other places. DC is attending next year and the hub stops on the list did not have a lot of the HS but are more centralized points where they can pick up multiple kids more easily.

I hope this is the case. Very reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Next meetings are actually in May. I’m already registered.

[Anonymous]

The new mascot is incredibly stupid.

Why bother making it a traditional high school when she clearly wants an aviation magnet.

Just prepare for the boundaries to be nullified at a programming re-vote.

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Anonymous wrote:The new mascot is incredibly stupid.

Why bother making it a traditional high school when she clearly wants an aviation magnet.

Just prepare for the boundaries to be nullified at a programming re-vote.

Agree that it’s so frustrating Reid is forcing an aviation magnet even though the board clearly directed a comprehensive high school. She has unchecked power.

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Anonymous wrote:The new mascot is incredibly stupid.

Why bother making it a traditional high school when she clearly wants an aviation magnet.

Just prepare for the boundaries to be nullified at a programming re-vote.

What is the new mascot?

[Anonymous]

Aviators

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Anonymous wrote:Are they coming out with new maps/scenarios at the june meeting? is the plan then that they will decide at the july meeting?

Of course the decision will be made in July. Less resistance with parents and kids on vacation.