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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if Pyle and Whitman have walk zones?  They’re both on such busy streets that I wonder if needing to cross Wilson and Whittier prohibit them from having designated walkers [/quote]

Yes, Pyle and Whitman both have walk zones. Students are not expected to cross River but are expected to cross Wilson.

As for Whittier being a busy street, compared Whittier to Connecticut and Veirs Mill, which Newport Mill students are expected to cross (Loiederman students are also expected to cross Connecticut), or University, which Eastern students are expected to cross, or Norbeck, which Wood students are expected to cross. And those are all just middle schools, so sixth graders.[/quote]

^^^it would be super helpful if MCPS would publish maps of the walk zones, instead of requiring people to figure out where they are by comparing service area maps and bus stop locations.[/quote]

+1 We just moved to MCPS and had no idea if there was a bus! We are walk zone, which makes sense, but there was no map to know.  Just a list of bus stops where we don't know any of the streets yet.[/quote]
https://gis.mcpsmd.org/SchoolAssignmentTool2/Index.xhtml

Then click on the map for the grade level. It will show you the boundary.

Then go to the school website, which will have the bus schedule (normally).  Or go here for the bus schedules
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/transportation/busroutes/

If you moved into your home, you would be somewhat familiar with the roads.  Look on a map. The bus schedule will state the cross streets. Or ask a neighbor.[/quote]

...or MCPS could post maps of the walk zones...[/quote]
PP here.. that would be awesome, and that would make redrawing boundary analysis more clear.[/quote]

They will indicate the walk zones on the maps produced during the boundary study.[/quote]
It would be good if they did now, though.[/quote]

Right? Obviously they have the maps. Why not just post them, like they post the service area maps?[/quote]

Like how Howard County posts their walk zone maps:

[url]https://www.hcpss.org/f/schools/fulton-es-walk-area.pdf[/url][/quote]
wow, one of the walk zone area crosses a major road[/quote]

They have a crossing guard.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/howard-county-seeks-school-crossing-guards-while-promoting-walkers-over-bus-riders/37131284#[/quote]
Sure, but in MCPS, ES kids who have to cross a major road like that are bused.[/quote]

No, not if there is a crossing guard. For example, Chevy Chase ES at Connecticut Avenue, which actually has, or at least used to have, 2 crossing guards, because it's a divided road.[/quote]
How far is it?

Per MCPS, for ES if they have to cross a major road, they are supposed to be bused, I thought. We live pretty close to our ES, but there is a major road between us so my kids get bused.[/quote]

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