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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw many kids (mostly Hispanic and black) waiting for buses (in delayed schedule and rerouted routes) for long periods of time. This was poorly planned and only equitable/good for those who live close to school or have and can drive cars. Shame on DCPS, the Mayor, and WMATA. [/quote]

Me again. Not saying school should have NOT open but the city must offer bus services if they are going to open ON TIME. [/quote]

This to me is the real argument. Teachers have had to find flexibility before, like all working parents, but not working with WMATA to ensure safe access to school is a massive oversight. I know it's a balancing act but to not communicate at least the transport issues and offer alternatives is terrible.[/quote]

100% agree the Mayor should have worked with WMATA. But even if she didn’t — or possibly tried and failed — you shouldn’t keep an entire school system closed because a small percentage of kids have their normal transport disrupted. Jackson Reed is right by the Tenleytown metro. Everyone can get there on public transport, it just might take longer.[/quote]

I think they probably should be open but it's not necessarily a small percentage and it's certainly not just JR. Even a school like Coolidge draws from a large  enough area and has 60% OOB. There is a metro within a 15 minute walk but for students coming from the southern boundaries even IB that's almost an hour commute to go roughly 2.5 miles instead of the bus that runs in front of the school which is not running its regular route and instead on a route with no actual bus stops.[/quote]

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