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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

If you are 3/4 of a mile from Swanson- I suggest that before you complain about being 'bussed all the way to Kenmore" you put your address and Kenmore's address into Google maps.  The school's are less than 2 miles apart.  [/quote]
I did...[/quote]

which planning unit is less than 3/4 of a mile to Swanson, and is proposed to be moved to Kenmore where it would be eligible for bus service (e.g. more than 1.5 miles).  The way I read the map- all of the Swanson units moving to Kenmore are less than 1.5 miles from Kenmore and thus walkers to Kenmore as well.[/quote]

[b]Well then you read it wrong.  Because my home is proposed to move to Kenmore in some of the scenarios, and it is 2 miles to Kenmore, less than a mile to Swanson.  And yes, I know how to use Google maps.  No, I won't give you my address.  [/b][/quote]

We are in the same situation. And will fight to stay at Swanson because we are only a few blocks from it, not for any racial or income-based criterion that couldn't be furthest from my mind. But of course, that pretext is oh-so easy to use against us! And yes, if our house were the same distance to Kenmore, I couldn't care less which school my kids went to, and would send them there without a second thought. Again, I'm concerned about distance for children whose days already start earlier than mine. I do know that my kids would get a good education in any of Arlington's MS, I'm already aware of that, thank you very much. The issue is what's the closest to our address and how would the kids be able to get there, e.g. a reasonable walking option.[/quote]

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