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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The MacArthur Vice Principal and head of operations were at our elementary school last week during dropoff hours to discuss the new HS with parents.

I had only a brief discussion with them but came away impressed. The VP said that the renovations right now are just sprucing up to get the school ready for this year. He stated that DCPS will be spending $85M over the next two years to do a true gut renovation and will construct new buildings/expand existing footprints. He said it’s going to a big construction job.

I wonder if anyone heard anything else? Sounds like they will be touring all the feeder schools in the next week or two.[/quote]

Did they discuss the transportation issue? For me, that's the biggest issue.[/quote]

The bus system overhaul - which starts in June I believe - has a new bus running to and from Foggy Bottom metro. The original proposal had the same bus running up to Tenleytown, but the Glover Park NIMBYs killed that.[/quote]

What are you talking about? The new bus route (C85) goes through the heart of Glover Park. I guess the Glover Park NIMBYs didn't try hard enough?

Still, that bus takes the most meandering route possible before it gets to Foxhall and MacArthur. It'll take forever in rush-hour traffic.[/quote]

See pages 59 and 60 on the C85 route here: https://www.wmata.com/initiatives/plans/Better-Bus/upload/Resource_2025-Route-Profiles_District-of-Columbia.pdf

Chevy Chase bound trips run from 7 to 8am and Foggy Bottom bound trips run from 2:30 to 5pm.

So as PP notes, there is not going to be any bus that kids who live in Glover Park, Wesley Heights, AU Park and so on can use to get to MacArthur HS.

The original Better Bus proposal would have made that connection as the C85 was going to be full service, but at the expense of cutting the D2. The D2 was preserved as the D96, but the C85 was cut back to rush hour only to make room for that.[/quote]

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