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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does it do any good to send an email or express viewpoints, or is there realistically already a plan in place?  Right now I'm 3/4 mile away from Swanson, yet my kids will need to be bussed all the way to Kenmore under many of these proposed plans.  I understand bussing kids around if they're relatively equal distances away from two schools, but this makes no sense.  Doesn't it seem weird to anyone else?  When I grew up, you went to the schools that were closest to where you actually lived; this is crazy.[/quote]

It's not crazy. The schools aren't built in perfect locations, so the boundaries aren't ever going to have everyone going to their geographically closest school. Also, it's not the ONLY consideration. Can anyone tell me the current overall percentage of students who are bus riders to MS? I am still not convinced that most of these scenarios actually INCREASE the overall number of students on buses or buses needed. Anyone? [/quote]

No they don't.  The best I could find about current bus-rider eligibility is here-http://apsva.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MMTSSSC-Philosophy-Walk-Zone-022714_Final.pdf
which says that 54% of ms students are eligible for bus service, which means 46% are in a walk zone.  All of the scenarios except for B keeps the walkzone at 47% or higher.  And B is an alignment and efficiency scenario- not a diversity scenario.[/quote]

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