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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting, OP. Yes, I don't mind regional programming but the transport question is the most important piece of the puzzle, and I haven't seen it addressed to my satisfaction. My kids are young adults and teens, started in MCPS in K/1st grade, and all the time we've been here, busing has always been a topic of debate. We turned down magnets for one kid because the commute would have been too onerous for our family, but did accept a special placement for our kid with special needs because it wasn't too far, and his little bus drove the route quickly since it didn't have a lot of passengers.

Bus issues is why we have the start times we have, staggered the way they are for elementary, middle and high school. Some high schoolers, who shouldn't be getting up before the crack of dawn anyway because of their different circadian rhythms, are forced to wait for their bus much earlier than they should be, so their bus can drop them off 30 minutes before the bell rings, so that they can make their middle school pick-up on time. When you're in high school, those are really precious 30 minutes you could have used for sleep! And some middle schoolers arrive late to their middle school anyway, due to traffic.

So the bus question is a key factor in the success of the regional program and parents need to pressure MCPS to answer questions in detail about it. While we're at it, since we're reworking the entire program, we should ask for later high school start times. Elementary kids wake up early. They should start first.

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Some kids going to their local school still have an hour bus commute.  You could always drive your kids.[/quote]

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