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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses?  I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another?  Do they move at lunchtime?  It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.[/quote]

Not from Alexandria but I know that intersection at King Street. It is a busy area. Why can’t ACPS just build a pedestrian bridge over Braddock Rd / Quaker Ln? Use some of the land behind the church and auto dealership for a fenced in pathway to the bridge. That would solve many if not most of the safety issues. And strategically place CCTV cameras around to prevent student misbehavior. [/quote]

If kids have no trouble meeting to brawl at a shopping center parking lot, imagine meeting in an area that can't be easily accessed if there is a mob of kids on top of a road with only two points of egress.[/quote]

I think the fencing and cameras would be deterrents to the shenanigans you’re alluding to, but I’m not a public safety expert. Bridges shouldn’t be controversial. Many public schools have pedestrian bridges over major roadways for exclusive student use without the security apparatus of cameras and gates. Some public schools in NYC have those. They are all over the LA freeways and other major roads. Anacostia HS has one over the adjacent freeway. I occasionally pass under the one over route 50 in Arlington. Are Alexandria kids somehow not as well behaved as kids in other urban and suburban areas?  [/quote]

If you don't remember, one kid stabbed another while there was a police presence and other students were there and other kids were filming. CCTV doesn't work for morons and criminals. The fencing would create a natural "Octagon" for kids to throw down in.

"Commonwealth’s Attorney’s David Lord and Meredith Burke said that Mejia, a high school senior due to graduate within days, was outnumbered and fighting defensively at the Bradlee Shopping Center. They published into evidence multiple videos of the fight taken from a Alexandria Police Department dashcam, security cameras and videos from phones recovered by police. One security video shows Mejia Hernandez arriving to the parking lot in his car, parking, and then joining a group of students near a bus stop outside the Bradlee Shopping Center McDonald’s."
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