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[quote=Anonymous]Well, hey, look at this...we're having the EXACT SAME DISCUSSION with the EXACT SAME TALKING POINTS that we had 7 or so years ago when the schedule was first changed to push high school to 8 o'clock.

The superintendent kicked it down the road knowing they wouldn't be hear to deal with it and now we're spinning in the same circles.  What should have been happening the last seven years was a financial plan to start purchasing more busses and hiring more drivers.  A plan should have been made to have AAP in all local schools by this point so that we could get rid of centers.  A plan should have been made to review walking distances, have students opt IN to bussing so we can make accurate routes from the beginning, explore the use of vans for low capacity runs, combine middle and high schools that are nearby, etc, etc.

But nothing was done between then and now and we're back to the same BS.  Originally, they tried to make high school last but that would have meant a 930 start and no one wanted that since it meant a 430 dismissal. They tried to shove middle school to the 930 time slot but same complaint.  Especially with the massive after school program that exists at the middle and high school level, a 430 release time is insane.

The only solution to get middle school to 8 o'clock is to lower the number of kids who ride busses and then buy more buses based on those new numbers.  How crowded are the public busses?  Maybe we need to start exploring the use of public transportation being free for students.[/quote]

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