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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question - if bussing is eliminated to centers why can't I pay a fee for the bus?  It would create a number of logistical issues for me if the bus is eliminated. I would be willing to pay a fee.[/quote]

[b]Is your child at a school with local Level IV?[/b]  If all the qualified kids from your child's school stays at your base school because centers in your area are eliminated, why would that bother you?  I can see being concerned when some kids go to the center and so you don't have as many  kids, but if they all stay I would think it would be as good as being at the center.[/quote]

I'm not OP. But it seems you missed a key item in her post: Her child's base school does NOT have any AAP local level IV to offer students.

Plus there were only five kids at the base who qualified for AAP at all. That means the base school lacks enough students to form any AAP classroom even if there were level IV available. The school would end up cobbling together classes or trying to differentiate instruction for those five kids or... all the things that OP quite rightly notes don't make sense for that school.

OP, our base was just like yours: Fewer than 10 kids qualified in my child's second grade year and there was no level IV possible at the base. Not even level III (at that time) due to the nature of the school (focus was on a lot of students who needed a lot of academic help, not on trying to bring in more AAP levels for the few kids who qualified for them). The principal made the requisite pitch for us all to stay at the base and get AAP via once a week pull-out classes-- but teachers at the base school privately told parents to get our kids out to the center school.

As for the ride-sharing app, go for it, if it makes life easier. I bet you could find takers! Bear in mind too that there is a middle school audience for this app as well since there are MS AAP centers and those students also would lose bussing under the proposals now on the table.

There might even be a high school audience; kids who make an academic transfer to a high school different from their assigned base are [u]not [/u]entitled to bussing right now, and some of those families might be seeking ride-sharing--though the group of students in that boat is far, far smaller than the groups of elementary or MS AAP center kids.[/quote]

If you don't like your base school go buy in a more expensive neighborhood duh[/quote]

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