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[quote=Anonymous]So, all these discussions about potential center closure and just shifting to all LLIV got me thinking that we might reduce educational opportunities for some students just because we can't solve for transportation.

Now, I'd like to limit this thread only to areas where the center feeder schools have fewer than 10 identified students per grade, and no LLIV in base school. My daughter's school is like that. They had 5 kids identified, and these kids are thriving at the center, and I know that both socially and academically my daughter gets the experiences she needs. I'm sorry if someone else is upset with that and thinks their child is not getting something, but being in school with 70+ other kids like her per grade (including socially awkward kids like her) and not with only 4 other ones is really good for her. I still can't understand how creating LLIV in the base school for these 5 students is cheaper, even if you pull kids from other classrooms (and about 30 percent of kids in base school are not English proficient but that's another story).

Anyway, the bus already takes 1 hour to ride home in the afternoon, so we have a car pool going with neighborhood parents in the afternoon... Requires some coordination -- especially with meeting the bus from base school and then kids being sick, but we manage. There are about 2-3 carpools from the center to our subdivision. Helps everyone.

Also, as an IT person, I know that developing an app like Uber but free that can allow parents to join neighborhood carpools and communicate illnesses/changes better is not that hard. If there is someone from disadvantage background who can not contribute to rides, I'm sure that other parents won't mind pi tching in and helping out that family. If someone has more income but can't contribute to rides, well they won't mind paying. With right technology it can be coordinated, and maybe FCPS can pitch for the "guaranteed ride home" or something of sorts for much less that nit spends on transportation to centers. At worse, a carpool can be arranged from each base school to the center.

Obviously, things like background checks, drivers license record check, and insurance need to be worked out...

But in general, if you are an AAP parent with a child where base school doesn't have LLIV, do you think a system ala "free uber carpool" can work to provide 100 % of traspotation needs for your center? Would you contribute (either through rides or financially) and be able to fully commit to it? Would you be willing to help more disadvantage families to cover their transportation needs? I don't think legally FCPS can rely on options that don't guarantee every identified child access to AAP including a ride to school, but you know it takes a village, and all this sharing economies are booming, so are we not thinking about all the options?

Just curious if other parents think it is remotely an option.

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