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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im confused
we are in the NE consortium right now
Blake/ PB/Springbrook. I know that Sherwood is getting added to make our region.
Are you saying that if I live in PB area but my kid goes to Blake, there will be no bus from close to my house?
How do you all know this already. It hasnt even started?[/quote]

See the original post. There's a design team since last March-April-ish, which is formed by community members who understands their community needs and gaps deeply, who are activists mostly and volunteering themselves in helping shaping the regional program. Rather, central office and Taylor ignored their inputs and valid concerns, and just moved full-speed ahead with their disastrous layout. One testimonier identified this HS-only central stop model from Taylor's previous district document and brought this up for clarification last summer. Since then, numerous feedbacks (including from the design team) were sent to the central office to ask about the transportation model and associate cost estimate. Last November-ish, they were still considering something like the current DCC/NEC transportation model to branch out neighborhood stops. Now they officially told the design team that they will adopt the HS-only central bus stop model. [/quote]

Transportation is a bigger issue than just two and from school daily as kids have activities and sports.  [/quote]

Look at Taylor's estimation of regional program cost:
https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DNLJXC4F4A19/$file/Regional%20Program%20Model%20FY2027-2031%20Budget%20251120.pdf

His estimate about transportation cost for all 6-regions is $1.3 million (Page 2, FY31 column as FY27-30 is transition years when both models run). Right now the transportation in DCC only costs about $1.5 million. For NEC, it's about $80 K/year for transportation. So you know what model is in his mind from the very beginning when he shared these numbers. [/quote]

Sorry, typo. NEC transportation cost is about $800K/year. These numbers come from the 2016 METIS report, multiplied by the inflation factor.[/quote]

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