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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Options A & B force kids from Bells Mill away from Cabin John --- which is *literally* next door to Bells Mill -- and send them to Hoover. That will require them to cross Tuckerman, when they could otherwise walk to Cabin John without crossing a single road.

At the same time, those same Options A & B will bus kids from Potomac and Travilah, past Hoover(!), and send them to fill Cabin John.

I think the person preparing that part of the Options was either drunk or high.[/quote]

I'm really hoping they either fix this or go with C or D for this reason. Especially given recent MoCo traffic tragedies, we should avoid having MS kids not just cross, but walk along Tuckerman, just to get to school.[/quote]

The answer to this one is SIDEWALKS.   It's absurd that they have kids walk along Tuckerman--it's so dangerous in the morning when cars drive on the same shoulder where the kids are walking so they can scoot around the many cars trying to turn left.

But I think that's solvable (with sidewalks) in a way that is separate from the boundary issue.

I hate all of these options because of the split articulation.  They're proposing special programs in each region.  So they can assign kids to schools in a way with zero (or almost zero) split articulation.  Yes, it will end up with uneven capacity utilization of schools.  But then all they have to do is set the maximum enrollment in those special programs to match.  I'd much rather our school not be awarded a 'special program' (and have a nearby school get it) if it means that none in the county need to have split articulation.

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