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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope. It was full of lies.

None of the community-generated scenarios worked - they certainly didn’t take 6 factors into consideration. 
The community-generated scenarios did not result in fewer buses. 
Key won’t need to function at 152%. 
[b]Key families can move if they are supported (and want to stick with immersion). Key families are willing to set up carpools to all school events, meetings, enrichment, etc. [/b]

She has fallen short on just about every claim she made. 
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Wut?  We are telling families to move their household now to follow their school?  Or deal with a school move by setting up some carpools?  Are you for real?

*not Mary*[/quote]

Mary said they can’t move to the new location.

They CAN move (if they want to) if they have transportation support (issue identified by Key parents).

Someone earlier on the thread said that Key families are willing to provide carpools for enrichment, events, meetings, etc.

Problem solved. 
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I'm still not clear on why people who can easily get to Key would have a hard time getting to ATS. Isn't ATS a half-mile walk from the Ballston metro station, which is three stops away from Key and one of the biggest bus hubs in the county?[/quote]

The problem, you see, is that when you are coming from your $1.5 million house in the current Taylor zone, Courthouse is a much more convenient stop on the drive to DC or a better place to park your car in a garage and hop on the metro. It's also better for continuing on a bike commute as well if you're into that sort of thing. [/quote]

I don't think the people who are yucking it up about getting from Ballston to ATS have ever actually tried walking this themselves.  This is definitely metro ride and then a bus ride, and I would never consider signing up to do this for any extended period of time with my own elementary school kid in tow.  I have walked from the Ballston metro to my house which is about the same distance as ATS and that is no picnic and certainly not something I would drag a first grader around for every day, never mind in snow or rain.  I mean, don't get me wrong, my [i]grandparents[/i] would have done this, uphill [u]both ways[/u], but that was a different generation more used to privation.  What is wrong with you guys?[/quote]

It is 0.7 miles from the Ballston metro to the ATS site by foot, according to Google maps. [/quote]

And there are tons of buses that go from Ballston west on Wilson. Ballston is one of the main transportation hubs. 
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I think the 1s go from Ballston down Wilson so there's a stop right in front of ATS (well, in front of the McD's)[/quote]

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