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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Have you tried to drive, during rush hour, from someplace like Potomac to anywhere east of Bethesda or far enough into Rockville that you're reaching kids who are not also wealthy? It's a long-ass drive. "

But part of the long commute is because the pull zone for the magnets is so big, right? If you are focusing the busing on particular areas rather than pick-up from very dispersed spots it might not take that long to reverse commute east.  [/quote]

Yes.  Or north, to Rockville/Gaithersburg.

It is 6.5 miles from Churchill HS to Rockville HS, and 5.9 miles from Wootton to Rockville HS.  From Wootton HS to Gaithersburg HS, the distance is 5.2 miles.

These are a similar distance as the distance from e.g. Blair HS to Einstein HS.  The home school for families who live close to Blair in e.g. Woodside Park and Woodside Forest is Einstein, although Blair is closer.  Thanks to economic diversity gerrymandering, those families bus their kids to Einstein HS.

In other words, the busing distance/logistics for the western downcounty schools would be comparable to the BUSING IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW in the downcounty/east.

So why aren't we doing that again?[/quote]

How about just fixing your own area's busing then instead of trying to make others' kids and families' commutes way worse.   
Traffic is a nightmare in this area.   
Ever sit on the inner loop or Jones Bridge Road or E-W highway after 4:00 any given afternoon?    
How would all these kids get from their after school programming, band, sports, language clubs, etc. to their homes?    Johnny's mom can no longer just swing by and get them.    [/quote]

I'm not complaining.  Nothing to fix here.

There's a lot to fix county-wide, however, particularly in the western part of the downcounty.

I'm familiar with traffic and you'll get no sympathy from me.  We are not talking about 20 miles.  We are talking about reasonable distances, distances that MANY OTHERS, including my kids and me, handle every day.  Moreover, school buses exist for this purpose.  No need to pick up - there are buses, and activity buses.[/quote]

We can barely manage busing for the existing routes, and you want to add busing of children to/from other neighborhoods?  And the closer you get to DC, the worse the traffic gets.  It's about three miles between Whitman and BCC, and that "short" drive during rush hour can take 45 minutes or more one way.  If we're talking about county-wide lotteries, that's a busing nightmare.  More likely, parents will be responsible for getting their kids to central locations for further busing (this is how busing is done for HGC)...eliminating the ability to rely on your kids attending a neighborhood school that they can walk to or that is reasonably close to one's home is incredibly hard for households with parents working two or more jobs and no extra funds for a nanny or babysitter.  It's hard for any working parents.[/quote]

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