GDS admission, drop off and pick up???

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

This is false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This drop-off situation is one of the reasons we didn't apply to the school. Apart from a lackluster tour and admissions staff not making themselves available to answer questions, the idea of coordinating carpool on top of everything I have to do on a daily basis was enough to move the school to the "no" column.

The tour at GDS is just to show you the school and the kids in their environment. You came in with the wrong expectations if you expected more than that. Admissions staff are available for questions by email, phone and at your parent interview. Are you saying you’re unable to reach them?

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Anonymous wrote:Dropping kids off on the far side of Wisconsin is within the school rules.

No it is not within the school rules. YOU as an adult are allowed to park on the far side of Wisconsin if you are and adult coming to something at school.....but you cannot drop your kid anywhere, but on campus to be in compliance with "dropping off". This is cut and paste of the rule...

All pick up and drop off is to occur on campus. Families are also not permitted to park on neighborhood streets to walk their children to campus, nor may they park and wait for their children in the afternoons.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

This is false.

It's not false.

The "map" is to show where you cannot drive or park your car.

The drop off rule is clear - you can't drop off anywhere other than at campus. Other alternatives are walking from home, taking public transportation, being part of a carpool, or taking a GDS bus route. (But I know not everyone follows this)

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

That can't be right. Certainly no one would prevent me from dropping my kid off at, say, the Cleveland Park metro. There has to be a line.

Anywhere in the neighborhood. Taking the metro from a different neighborhood is not breaking your contract.

And I thought "the neighborhood" was defined by the map that GDS distributes, but a pp said that was wrong. So what defines the neighborhood?

Is your child walking or biking from your house to GDS? This would be the neighborhood
Are you dropping your child off at a friend's house and they are walking together? This would be the neighborhood
Are you driving your child from your house to a place where your child picks up public transportation and takes public transportation to GDS? This is OK

Any other scenario - assume you are supposed to drop off at the school grounds

Pretending to drop your child off at the bagel place and child walking through the parking lot = not OK
Mint Green water bottle girl - getting out at the doggie day care = not OK

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Sorry, my kid needs a bagel and we need doggie day care.

We will not apologize.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, my kid needs a bagel and we need doggie day care.

We will not apologize.

No dog got out - just teenage girl with mint green water bottle.

The mint green water bottle is unique - so you know who you are.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, my kid needs a bagel and we need doggie day care.

We will not apologize.

No dog got out - just teenage girl with mint green water bottle.

The mint green water bottle is unique - so you know who you are.

My kid has a mint green water bottle and doesn’t even go to GDS. Are you sure it’s unique?

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No, the bottle is not unique. But neither are the PP’s attitude/behavior. Just being GDS.

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Anonymous wrote:This drop-off situation is one of the reasons we didn't apply to the school. Apart from a lackluster tour and admissions staff not making themselves available to answer questions, the idea of coordinating carpool on top of everything I have to do on a daily basis was enough to move the school to the "no" column.

The tour at GDS is just to show you the school and the kids in their environment. You came in with the wrong expectations if you expected more than that. Admissions staff are available for questions by email, phone and at your parent interview. Are you saying you’re unable to reach them?

I came in with the same expectations I had at all of the school tours I attended. Out of the 8 I went to, the GDS one was the least informative.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

That can't be right. Certainly no one would prevent me from dropping my kid off at, say, the Cleveland Park metro. There has to be a line.

Anywhere in the neighborhood. Taking the metro from a different neighborhood is not breaking your contract.

And I thought "the neighborhood" was defined by the map that GDS distributes, but a pp said that was wrong. So what defines the neighborhood?

Is your child walking or biking from your house to GDS? This would be the neighborhood
Are you dropping your child off at a friend's house and they are walking together? This would be the neighborhood
Are you driving your child from your house to a place where your child picks up public transportation and takes public transportation to GDS? This is OK

Any other scenario - assume you are supposed to drop off at the school grounds

Pretending to drop your child off at the bagel place and child walking through the parking lot = not OK
Mint Green water bottle girl - getting out at the doggie day care = not OK

I have two kids, only one at gds. I drop both off them a block from friendship heights -- the non GDS one takes the subway, the GDS one walks. Yes, that's dropping off somewhere other than campus. No, I'm not doing anything wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This drop-off situation is one of the reasons we didn't apply to the school. Apart from a lackluster tour and admissions staff not making themselves available to answer questions, the idea of coordinating carpool on top of everything I have to do on a daily basis was enough to move the school to the "no" column.

The tour at GDS is just to show you the school and the kids in their environment. You came in with the wrong expectations if you expected more than that. Admissions staff are available for questions by email, phone and at your parent interview. Are you saying you’re unable to reach them?

I came in with the same expectations I had at all of the school tours I attended. Out of the 8 I went to, the GDS one was the least informative.

GDS tours aren't like other schools. Tours are run by parent volunteers by design, not the administration or admissions staff. Parents don't know everything, nor should they, but they can offer a unique perspective and experience the administration can't. If there are specific questions you have admissions can share that information with you directly. Parent volunteers aren't there to "sell you" on the school.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

That can't be right. Certainly no one would prevent me from dropping my kid off at, say, the Cleveland Park metro. There has to be a line.

Anywhere in the neighborhood. Taking the metro from a different neighborhood is not breaking your contract.

And I thought "the neighborhood" was defined by the map that GDS distributes, but a pp said that was wrong. So what defines the neighborhood?

Is your child walking or biking from your house to GDS? This would be the neighborhood
Are you dropping your child off at a friend's house and they are walking together? This would be the neighborhood
Are you driving your child from your house to a place where your child picks up public transportation and takes public transportation to GDS? This is OK

Any other scenario - assume you are supposed to drop off at the school grounds

Pretending to drop your child off at the bagel place and child walking through the parking lot = not OK
Mint Green water bottle girl - getting out at the doggie day care = not OK

I hate to break it to you at the ANC. Wisconsin Avenue is NOT considered a neighborhood street. It is explicitly NOT included in the list of streets that GDS and the ANC mutually agreed were neighborhood street. I realize that the ANC has decided they were tricked and want to add it, but c’est la vie.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know - there's also a lens on the OP's (admittedly sloppy) post that suggests they are a URM family trying to understand the landscape on the chances their kid would be accepted, get funding, and thrive...(especially because they seem to care whether admissions staff is diverse)

I'll answer the commute question - we have an older child - we are not supposed to drive our child to school in the AM unless we have a carpool where we bring another family's child with us. Afternoon is not an issue for arriving as a solo family for pick-up. Our DC takes the bus but we know of other families that do not - and probably fudge by dropping their child "somewhere else near campus". I can't speak to the penalty or how may families are "cheating" on carpool rules.

Is this why people drop off on WI?
SO they don't get caught cheating on carpool rules?

Someone needs to get Frumin involved in this clear breach of the agreement made with the neighborhood. So selfish and entitled.

GDS has a great inexpensive bus system ($2/morning); I don't think people regularly flaunt the drop off rules.

You’d be wrong. People drop off all over. Check 42nd street.

Is 42nd Street within the no drop off zone? There's a map.

there is supposed to be no drop offs anywhere outside the school grounds. The map does not comply with the BZA.

That can't be right. Certainly no one would prevent me from dropping my kid off at, say, the Cleveland Park metro. There has to be a line.

Anywhere in the neighborhood. Taking the metro from a different neighborhood is not breaking your contract.

And I thought "the neighborhood" was defined by the map that GDS distributes, but a pp said that was wrong. So what defines the neighborhood?

Is your child walking or biking from your house to GDS? This would be the neighborhood
Are you dropping your child off at a friend's house and they are walking together? This would be the neighborhood
Are you driving your child from your house to a place where your child picks up public transportation and takes public transportation to GDS? This is OK

Any other scenario - assume you are supposed to drop off at the school grounds

Pretending to drop your child off at the bagel place and child walking through the parking lot = not OK
Mint Green water bottle girl - getting out at the doggie day care = not OK

I have two kids, only one at gds. I drop both off them a block from friendship heights -- the non GDS one takes the subway, the GDS one walks. Yes, that's dropping off somewhere other than campus. No, I'm not doing anything wrong.

This seems like a unique situation that is ok. Others who are just driving and dropping a few blocks from campus - not so much.

[Anonymous]

During morning rush hour, any stopping on Wisconsin Ave is prohibited, except the one block closest to GDS. So dropping kids off in the AM on Wisconsin except on that one block is against city ordinance even if it’s not covered by the school’s agreement with the city. The ANC probably thought that other law would be respected without having to spell it out.