the Key/ASFS building switch...

[Anonymous]

Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay, PP who said the switch was all about Amazon. Amazon is coming albeit with half strength. How did it relate to this at all?????

More room is needed via a neighborhood school in that area.

You have no clue what you're talking about. None of this is about Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Okay, PP who said the switch was all about Amazon. Amazon is coming albeit with half strength. How did it relate to this at all?????

More room is needed via a neighborhood school in that area.

You have no clue what you're talking about. None of this is about Amazon.

Surely some of it is. Also, there will be huge apt complexes in Clarendon coming online in a few years (e.g. Red Top cab site). Not sure what the elementary will be for all those kids will be, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

This is the first I’ve heard about private shuttles. Sounds weird, but if this is true, ok. The field at ASFS looks like a disaster zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

What? I thought this whole thing was about saving money on transportation. How much are these shuttles going to cost? Have we heard yet how much the swap will cost? This stuff really needs to be thought out. I sincerely hope APS is providing private shuttles for low income students at ALL option programs - if not, there needs to be equity with these types of decisions.

[Anonymous]

Calling this a “swap” was a way to make this seem like a simple change, when in reality it carries the same complexities as any boundary change. The school board is creating unnecessary drama by trying to treat this as something other than what it really is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

What? I thought this whole thing was about saving money on transportation. How much are these shuttles going to cost? Have we heard yet how much the swap will cost? This stuff really needs to be thought out. I sincerely hope APS is providing private shuttles for low income students at ALL option programs - if not, there needs to be equity with these types of decisions.

+1

How would this save money?

[Anonymous]

The word swap makes me think of swapping wives

[Anonymous]

If anyone saw the SB meeting on Thursday they won't have a need to provide shuttle buses for the low-income families. According to the Key parents, they are all planning on staying at the Key building aka their neighborhood school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If anyone saw the SB meeting on Thursday they won't have a need to provide shuttle buses for the low-income families. According to the Key parents, they are all planning on staying at the Key building aka their neighborhood school!

Pretty much every argument made by the Key parents could be used to justify moving immersion to Carlin Springs and having both Key and ASFS neighborhood. Not sure if they’ve realized that yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The word swap makes me think of swapping wives

Maybe just swap the principals. Everything else stays the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

What? I thought this whole thing was about saving money on transportation. How much are these shuttles going to cost? Have we heard yet how much the swap will cost? This stuff really needs to be thought out. I sincerely hope APS is providing private shuttles for low income students at ALL option programs - if not, there needs to be equity with these types of decisions.

+1

How would this save money?

Rumor poster is making stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those who assert that ASFS is easily accessible by public transportation are incorrect. ASFS is so weirdly located that it poses a real conundrum as to how to get there other than by school bus or whatever vehicle rich white women drive to drop their kids off.

Not to worry, rumor has it that APS will be providing private shuttles to parents who need to get to the school for back-to-school night, conferences, etc. That won’t help those who need to pick up from extended day but at least it’s something. But I’m not sure how that helps reduce transportation costs (or is equitable if you would like to go to an option school but don’t because you don’t have APS providing a private shuttle).

What? I thought this whole thing was about saving money on transportation. How much are these shuttles going to cost? Have we heard yet how much the swap will cost? This stuff really needs to be thought out. I sincerely hope APS is providing private shuttles for low income students at ALL option programs - if not, there needs to be equity with these types of decisions.

+1

How would this save money?

Rumor poster is making stuff up.

Not sure what you mean by rumor poster? APS told our community directly they intend to provide shuttles for our Woodbury Park families to get to Lincoln St if families have difficulty. Perhaps you are calling APS liars, and well I'd have to agree with you on that one. They are full of double speak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If anyone saw the SB meeting on Thursday they won't have a need to provide shuttle buses for the low-income families. According to the Key parents, they are all planning on staying at the Key building aka their neighborhood school!

Pretty much every argument made by the Key parents could be used to justify moving immersion to Carlin Springs and having both Key and ASFS neighborhood. Not sure if they’ve realized that yet.

Yes- this is the ultimate problem with their arguments. They are insisting that they want to go to the school closest to them, and oh by the way they want it to be immersion. They can go to the school closest to them- whatever it's called. Their neighbors without kids in school aren't guaranteed to get to do so unless it is a neighborhood school. Those neighbors have just as much 'need' for a close school as the students currently enrolled.