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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What?!?! Who is home from work and able to pick up their kid by 4:30?!?! Whoever wrote this has never commuted and clearly isn’t living in the real world. Fine for you to say there shouldn’t be late busses, but [b]you’re in dreamland if you think it’s still equitable[/b].

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We avoid having our kids stay after school for any clubs because the late bus system is so insanely unreliable. The buses are “supposed to” pick up at 4:30, but my child never left her MS on a late before 5:15pm. They tend to pack them all on one bus, therefore the bus driver has an insanely huge area to drop kids off. One time my child was on the bus for OVER two hours! My husband had to track down the bus in a neighborhood and get her off because she was about to pee herself. 
IMO, all middle school after school activities should require the child having their own transportation home. Adding late buses to this area at rush hour makes no sense. I get that it’s convenient for working parents to have your kid use bus, but honestly any working parent should be able to pick up their kid at 4:30/5. If they can’t, the child should not be permitted stay for an after school activity.[/quote]

+1 I'm 100% ok picking my kid up at 4:30, and I think a lot of parents could make that work if they needed to. The programs should stay. [/quote]

Mine never took the late bus.  But, I suspect we must provide it legally because of One Fairfax/Equity.[/quote][/quote]

At what point do we concede that we can't afford equity? This FY26 budget is bleak, and I can't believe I'm saying this, but maybe we should take another look at the equity office. It's $6M in salaries alone. That's enough to pay for middle school programs and some leftover for other needs. [/quote]

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