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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]22 buses is not real.  [/quote]

ATS currently has 13 buses and there's no reason to believe that number would go down if it moved to Nottingham. So there's 13 buses coming into the neighborhood every day for arrival and dismissal

Based on the latest APS maps and figures, Nottingham currently has 255 enrolled neighborhood students in its exclusive current walk zone who would have to be bused elsewhere. Buses has a 60-student capacity, so that's 5 buses needed to talk those children to and from other school. So right there we're up to 18 buses in the neighborhood.

Nottingham also currently sends children to Claremont and to Montessori at Drew, and those children are entitled to transportation so that's 2 more buses. So now we're at 20 buses in the neighborhood.

If you assume they're send at least a couple to Campbell now that they're eligible to apply, that's another bus and we're up to 21.

So let's say the number is 21 instead of 22. You're going to say that 21 buses in a neighborhood that currently has[b] *2*[/b] isn't going to have an impact?[/quote]

No kids currently at ATS or any preK kids? 
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The transfer report shows that last year Nottingham sent 21 students. ATS has 48 students in its current walk zone. Even if we assume all 21 of those Nottingham students could walk to Nottingham and wouldn't need a bus, those 48 students now would. So it won't be a net savings on busing.[/quote]

So are there currently “only 2” buses or not? 
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I assume you're talking about the option buses. Fair enough, let's include the other option buses (which have the least impact on the neighborhood). We're up to 5. If you'd prefer to take the buses to the other option schools out because they don't spend that much time in the neighborhood, we're still talking about 2 current buses vs. 18. Nine times as many buses. But that's nothing, right?[/quote]

I don’t care about the # of buses but you should be consistent with your numbers. Apples to apples. 
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