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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how to pay for transportation costs of bussing, but first step would be to price it out and see what kind of numbers we're working with. I like the Amazon idea - perhaps a grant or donation for a trial period of time would dovetail nicely with their investment / interest in building local tech talent. But they can't pursue that without actual numbers / some research being done. And that's an issue. I understand there's a counterpoint to everything but don't let that stop truly defining the problem and scoping out options for solutions. [/quote]

Likely a multi-faceted solution - like most things are when solved correctly and effectively.
Add the County coordinating ART bus routes and giving middle and high schoolers free fare.  That frees up more buses and routes for elementary which will help reduce the travel times of long bus routes.
Also, bus drivers want full-time hours; so add in bus routes at the end of extended day.  Those routes shouldn't take as long because there are likely fewer kids needing a bus home at that time.  As pointed out before, APS already provides late buses for kids staying for extra-curricular activities.  Provide a second round of late buses for extended day.  Or, heaven forbid, eliminate extended day.  Which would parents prefer:  no extended day, or driving an extra 15 minutes on their way home to pick-up their kids?
And again, APS has and could expand offering shuttle services from select neighborhood locations to school events.  Change the stupid way parent-teacher conferences are done now and make them more of an open house in the gym (Gunston used to do this)  Parents just line up to see the teachers they want to talk to instead of signing up for time slots and seeing just the homeroom teacher.  If parents need more time to talk with a teacher, they should be making independent appointments with them anyway regardless of PT conferences.[/quote]

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