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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Before this new WMATA policy is implemented, I think DCPS schools need to do a quick, pro-active campaign to make sure all children have working cards.

I know, something else to do.   :x   All these schools already have a lot going on.[/quote]

No, this is not new. It's been the policy since this program started 3 years ago. And the schools can only do one piece of it -- make the cards and confirm the students' enrollment. The rest is on families who want to use metro or metro bus for free to go to the Farecard machines and activate them. If there is a problem, contact the Kids Ride Free office and they will troubleshoot.

As for the deadline, the 'crackdown' has been messaged to schools since last spring. The mayor and DME have talked about it since August and back to school. It has been in the Washington Post. Most kids at our charter school use this benefit. The school has included messages about this deadline in every newsletter since school opened this year.

This really isn't that hard. And it's not the schools' responsibility to get a kid to school. That's on the parents. 
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