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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The proposals provide that John Eaton ES will be forced out of Deal, and be assigned to Hardy,  What do Eaton parents think of that??[/quote]

Eaton and Oyster were always the most vulnerable.  They're both closer to Hardy than Deal anyway.  Even if there weren't a re-alignment of the boundaries in the political works, it always made sense to anyone who can read a map.[/quote]\

Can't remember if I posted in this thread or another, but reading a map doesn't mean much unless it had an overlay of bus and metro lines.  However close Eaton and Oyster may be to Hardy, the commute will be twice or three times as long than the one the kids would make via the red line.

Have no horse in this race, just know that there is basically no easy east-west bus route (bit better for Eaton, but pretty bad for Oyster) for those two neighborhoods.[/quote]

Working with the very unlikely assumption that all Eaton students begin their trip from Eaton itself (as opposed to an OOB location)

Assuming walking:

shortest Eaton to Hardy = 1.6 miles

shortest Eaton to Deal = 1.8 miles

Assuming driving (Google maps):

shortest Eaton to Hardy = 5 min. driving, 16 min. public transit

shortest Eaton to Deal = 5 min. driving, 17 min. public transit

Assuming Public Transportation (WMATA trip planner):

shortest Eaton to Hardy =  $1.60

shortest Eaton to Deal =  $1.60[/quote]

The Cleveland Park Metro stop might be a better starting point, ,because that is the major transit point in the Eaton district.  From there, Deal and Wilson are two stops north on the Red line.  How to get to Hardy?  You could take a bus up Porter to Wisconsin Ave,  Then wait and transfer to another bus.  Then take the notoriously slow (and bunched) 30s line down Wisconsin Avenue at rush hour.  By car, in the morning you are going to Deal northbound against traffic.  Driving to Hardy requires going with rush hour traffic, when there's no way of avoiding constrained Wisconsin through Glover Park.[/quote]

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