Fairfax County GT/Advanced Academic Centers transportation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sat there and watched them talk about how important it was to have disadvantaged and minority kids in these centers, and then couldn't BELIEVE that they even had to discuss the bus issue, let alone Hone suggesting that it be up next year.

Great. So her plan is that we need more disadvantaged and minority kids in the centers, but we sure aren't going to bus them there. I wonder if she can explain how these kids (who likely have two working parents) are going to get there? That is insanity.

Seems like killing the bus service is the easiest way to insure that only middle class/upper class kids go.

Oh, I think you should call her and point this out. Email is good but a phone call would be so much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sat there and watched them talk about how important it was to have disadvantaged and minority kids in these centers, and then couldn't BELIEVE that they even had to discuss the bus issue, let alone Hone suggesting that it be up next year.

Great. So her plan is that we need more disadvantaged and minority kids in the centers, but we sure aren't going to bus them there. I wonder if she can explain how these kids (who likely have two working parents) are going to get there? That is insanity.

Seems like killing the bus service is the easiest way to insure that only middle class/upper class kids go.

Oh, I think you should call her and point this out. Email is good but a phone call would be so much better.

Hone makes zero sense. Better yet testify at a school board meeting. She should allocate some of her time speaking , ruminating to tutoring. Sad that these yahoos needed an explanation of Sept staffing reserve. I suspect some of them knew about the priority school initiative B$. Are they still giving/donating $800,000 to UVA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect some of them knew about the priority school initiative B$. Are they still giving/donating $800,000 to UVA?

There's another thread on the Priority Schools initiative:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/107473.page

I have to admit that I don't understand what their doing. It sounds like they are handling it as a pilot (over three years?) and taking the money they would have spent on a bunch of other programs and sliding it to cover this initiative.