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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get rid of buses and put the onus on parents to take personal responsibility for getting their kids to and from school. Problem solved, millions of $ saved.[/quote]

Our elementary school has over 900 kids. Not sure how they would manage the logistics of getting that many kids dropped off individually vs by bus. [/quote]

That's a problem FCPS caused themselves. No elementary should have 900 kids. There are many schools that are under 700 kids though that would work fine to just allow parents to drop off. I even think certain schools would be willing to drive their kids on snow days and forgo busses those days just to keep the schools open.[/quote]
No school should be allowed the warehouse that many kids.[/quote]

[b]My older DD went to an elementary that opened with 400 kids.  It was SOOOOO nice.  Over the years to grew to 800  and 10 portables.  While the class sizes stay about the same, the "feel" of the school changed and not for the better.  Recess was pure chaos as the playground was not intended to house that many kids burning off energy.  They were not allowed to run on the blacktop and the grass field to closed most of winter and spring to keep it from turning into a dirt field.  Most kids ate lunch in the classroom leading to bugs and ick on desks and floors.  PE was doubled which means DDs second grade class had nearly 60 kids trying to do PE in the small elementary school gym.  Most afterschool clubs/activities were impossible to enroll in.  The principal didn't know more than 10% o the students' names.  Drop off and pick up on a rainy day - OMG beyond ridiculous!  250 kids trying out for the drama production.  You child wants to sing in the choir - forget about it!  6 portables and 4 classrooms shared 3 girls and 3 boy toilet - YUCK!  The list goes on and on and on.... [/b][/quote]

This must have been very stressful. What school was this?[/quote]

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