Charter School parents providing car pools

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Anonymous wrote:All of these fees are on a sliding scale.

What schools offer sliding scales?

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Anonymous wrote:All of these fees are on a sliding scale.

What schools offer sliding scales?

MV has a regular rate, discounted rate, free and reduce lunch rate and a reduced lunch rate all for before/aftercare cost.

[Anonymous]

In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Do you mean what Metro offers or the yellow buses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Because either kids are too young to take a bus on their own or a bus takes too long. By the way, the city offers free transportation to private kids, too.

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Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Ok, genius. Tell me which bus provides door to door service to my 3yr old to LAMB from Columbia Heights? I'm signing up yesterday if such a thing exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Time and money. I currently spend 3 hours a day taking my kid to and from school, and I would love to avoid that for myself and others. Also, the kids are free, but I am not, so taking her there costs me about ten dollars a day in the four metro trips that I have to make.

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Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Time and money. I currently spend 3 hours a day taking my kid to and from school, and I would love to avoid that for myself and others. Also, the kids are free, but I am not, so taking her there costs me about ten dollars a day in the four metro trips that I have to make.

Wow. Does that three hours include the amount of time you would commute without kids (assuming you work)? Where do you love and what school is worth that much time? I ask with no judgement, I'm really just curious!

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Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Time and money. I currently spend 3 hours a day taking my kid to and from school, and I would love to avoid that for myself and others. Also, the kids are free, but I am not, so taking her there costs me about ten dollars a day in the four metro trips that I have to make.

Wow. Does that three hours include the amount of time you would commute without kids (assuming you work)? Where do you love and what school is worth that much time? I ask with no judgement, I'm really just curious!

No, I work from home. Luckily, I can usually split this with my husband though, so it isn't that bad. I absolutely love the school, and I don't believe that it would work as a neighborhood school, so some people are going to have to cross town.

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Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Time and money. I currently spend 3 hours a day taking my kid to and from school, and I would love to avoid that for myself and others. Also, the kids are free, but I am not, so taking her there costs me about ten dollars a day in the four metro trips that I have to make.

Wow. Does that three hours include the amount of time you would commute without kids (assuming you work)? Where do you love and what school is worth that much time? I ask with no judgement, I'm really just curious!

No, I work from home. Luckily, I can usually split this with my husband though, so it isn't that bad. I absolutely love the school, and I don't believe that it would work as a neighborhood school, so some people are going to have to cross town.

At least you get to spend that time with them.

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Anonymous wrote:In a city that offers free transportation to public school children why is it such a bonanza moment about car-pooling?

Time and money. I currently spend 3 hours a day taking my kid to and from school, and I would love to avoid that for myself and others. Also, the kids are free, but I am not, so taking her there costs me about ten dollars a day in the four metro trips that I have to make.

Wow. Does that three hours include the amount of time you would commute without kids (assuming you work)? Where do you love and what school is worth that much time? I ask with no judgement, I'm really just curious!

No, I work from home. Luckily, I can usually split this with my husband though, so it isn't that bad. I absolutely love the school, and I don't believe that it would work as a neighborhood school, so some people are going to have to cross town.

At least you get to spend that time with them.

Yes, I actually don't usually mind the time at all. The alone time is nice, and I am often able to combine it with a run or bike ride. And, we have a lot of fun on the bus together. I'm not complaining at all, but I can see how not everyone has the luxury of doing this every day.

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Anonymous wrote:Bus and carpool are different. We are at YY in a carpool with a preKer. You have to find another family or families you trust to do the carpool with. YY parents organize a map. They get dropped off right at the school door. It feels safe for a PreKer though I would not start on the first day of school.

RE/ the YY Carpool lane, and YY carpools in general: The bus is very straightforward, especially dependent upon where you live. There are two routes: one from the Hill, the other from Mt. P/U St.

Carpools are so multiple, variable, etc., - it's impossible to keep track of them all. I know of several carpool groups - 2 to 5 families - that exist for the full ride, and others just to get to use the carpool lane, and then drop off just down the street.

One or two logistically-oriented parents should be able to set up a system in the blink of an eye.

What is the carpool lane v. carpool for full ride?