Metro will cut all dedicated student buses for Jackson-Reed and Deal students

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emphasizes the outsize catchment for this one school far into Upper Northwest.

Someday the politicians are just going to have to rip off the bandaid and suffer the consequences of making boundaries sane.

It is such preferential treatment for that neighborhood that I’m surprised they continue to get away with it.

They get away with it by playing the equity card. And they are the mayor’s neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emphasizes the outsize catchment for this one school far into Upper Northwest.

Someday the politicians are just going to have to rip off the bandaid and suffer the consequences of making boundaries sane.

It is such preferential treatment for that neighborhood that I’m surprised they continue to get away with it.

When voters vote corruption, corruption is what we get.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any numbers about how many kids from Powell/Lewis advance to Deal? Just curious if it's a large number (I'm going to guess it's not).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emphasizes the outsize catchment for this one school far into Upper Northwest.

Someday the politicians are just going to have to rip off the bandaid and suffer the consequences of making boundaries sane.

It is such preferential treatment for that neighborhood that I’m surprised they continue to get away with it.

They get away with it by playing the equity card. And they are the mayor’s neighbors.

So, are we talking about Shepherd Park? Because it's not the only EOTP neighborhood zoned for JR.

[Anonymous]

OK Shepherd not every conversation here is about you.

[Anonymous]

We are talking EOTP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emphasizes the outsize catchment for this one school far into Upper Northwest.

Someday the politicians are just going to have to rip off the bandaid and suffer the consequences of making boundaries sane.

It is such preferential treatment for that neighborhood that I’m surprised they continue to get away with it.

At least it is closer to Deal than Mt. Pleasant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK Shepherd not every conversation here is about you.

Tell that to all the Shepherd haters on this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh, do you know the Crestwood zoned elementary school? It’s John Lewis, not a Deal feeder.

in addition to Powell.

[Anonymous]

Yesterday was A huge fight between students and a bus passenger Palasides area students are getting worse every day. Drugs, theft, bad language, shouting and pushing all the time. It is time for parents and Principals together with the education system should do their job before a disaster occurs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Metro? Walk? Ride multiple buses?

As somebody who has never actually been to those two campuses, I just looked on Google Maps to see how hard they are to get to. There is a metro literally blocks away, as well as several bus lines. I had heard about this dedicated bus line and thought it was b/c the two schools were super inaccessible. If they are going to do a dedicated bus for those two schools, the city should provide buses from metro stations in Anacostia, Columbia Heights, Brookland, Deanwood, etc. to get those students to other schools. With the city budget the way it is, b/c they weren't able to provide for all of the students city, it makes sense they aren't going to provide any.

There is a metro right by Deal, but there isn't a metro stop in some of the neighborhoods that are in bounds for Deal.

If the routes have a lot of passengers, I don't see why they would be discontinued. Making middle schoolers travel through downtown doesn't seem efficient.

NP and what you are saying makes sense. What really doesn’t make sense at this point is having kids in boundary for Jackson Reed east of the park. I know that’s a separate discussion but kids shouldn’t be commuting through the park to go to their in boundary school.

Ahahahah, those of us who are slumming it EOTP and are IB for JR would like to thank you for saying the quiet part out loud.

NP. Slumming it? My friends in Mount Pleasant love to tell us how expensive their homes are. They also love to tell us how liberal and virtuous they are not living in upper NW but instead with…you know…real people. They also have a heart attack anytime suggests that they be cut out of the deal/jr boundary, because the closer schools are bad. But that has nothing to do with “the real people” being in them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Metro? Walk? Ride multiple buses?

As somebody who has never actually been to those two campuses, I just looked on Google Maps to see how hard they are to get to. There is a metro literally blocks away, as well as several bus lines. I had heard about this dedicated bus line and thought it was b/c the two schools were super inaccessible. If they are going to do a dedicated bus for those two schools, the city should provide buses from metro stations in Anacostia, Columbia Heights, Brookland, Deanwood, etc. to get those students to other schools. With the city budget the way it is, b/c they weren't able to provide for all of the students city, it makes sense they aren't going to provide any.

Totally agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Metro? Walk? Ride multiple buses?

As somebody who has never actually been to those two campuses, I just looked on Google Maps to see how hard they are to get to. There is a metro literally blocks away, as well as several bus lines. I had heard about this dedicated bus line and thought it was b/c the two schools were super inaccessible. If they are going to do a dedicated bus for those two schools, the city should provide buses from metro stations in Anacostia, Columbia Heights, Brookland, Deanwood, etc. to get those students to other schools. With the city budget the way it is, b/c they weren't able to provide for all of the students city, it makes sense they aren't going to provide any.

There is a metro right by Deal, but there isn't a metro stop in some of the neighborhoods that are in bounds for Deal.

If the routes have a lot of passengers, I don't see why they would be discontinued. Making middle schoolers travel through downtown doesn't seem efficient.

NP and what you are saying makes sense. What really doesn’t make sense at this point is having kids in boundary for Jackson Reed east of the park. I know that’s a separate discussion but kids shouldn’t be commuting through the park to go to their in boundary school.

Ahahahah, those of us who are slumming it EOTP and are IB for JR would like to thank you for saying the quiet part out loud.

NP. Slumming it? My friends in Mount Pleasant love to tell us how expensive their homes are. They also love to tell us how liberal and virtuous they are not living in upper NW but instead with…you know…real people. They also have a heart attack anytime suggests that they be cut out of the deal/jr boundary, because the closer schools are bad. But that has nothing to do with “the real people” being in them.

This says more about you and the friendships you keep than any neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

We you guys don't stay in your neighborhood?