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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The new regional model only considers adding in HS to HS buses, so your kid needs to get up even earlier, riding a bus to local HS, and then another bus to the regional program. It’s gonna be logistically a disaster. [/quote]

Are they really going to provide door to door bussing?  Or will it be like the current magnets where there are a few stops in the area but they are not walks ke from every neighborhood.  Like my son's stop was at our ES...but we had to drive him there.[/quote]

Their most recent updates shown in their slide decks only take into account HS to HS transportation. There is no plan or calculation of additional cost if every ES, MS and community centers would require a stop. [/quote]

So every HS kid will arrive at their local HS with enough time for the magnet kids to take a second bus ride to their magnet school unless they have an alternate way to get to school??  How will they all be supervised?[/quote]

No, the magnet students would ride an early bus. [/quote]

So every magnet kid arrives early?  Are they allowed in the building?  Are they plopped in the gym?  Are they supervised?  Are they free to buy breakfast and coffee from nearby shops or roam the neighborhood?[/quote]

No, currently magnet bus has a stop at every ES, MS, HS, public library and several community centers and all directly head to Blair, RM or Poolsville. So kids need to wake up early, but do not need to take transition. Parents need to drive or figure out a way to send their kids to the closest stop, which is typically walking or biking distance given the many options. For the regional model, since only HS to HS bus is considered, you have to find a way to send your kids to the nearest HS early, or they catch an earlier bus in order to catch up the transition. I honestly don't know how logistically it's going to work, or what cost to save. But hey, just be there and sustain for the first two years, and then your kid can drive, as long as the parking spots would be enough...[/quote]

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