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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We will have a tough decision to make if our option school moves. I'm not throwing a tantrum either, but the county has no idea how the moves will impact the option programs. [/quote]

Which school?[/quote]

Either way it sounds like they didn’t pick it for the pedagogy. If a option program isn’t strong enough to survive a 2 mile move, why are we putting so many resources into it? [/quote]

I don't think option schools are necessary more expensive. There may be more busing, but where we live there is no neighborhood school we can walk to anyways.[/quote]

We need extra buses to go to the extra schools though. 
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I wonder how many, though. How many ATS students live in the walk zones for other schools?  If there’s a neighborhood school two blocks from your house, your neighborhood vs option calculus may be different than if your kid is going to end up on a bus either way.[/quote]

Completely agree. I think this type of analysis is too hard for the county to do. (but certainly this type of complex analysis is done for college admissions and such). Same can probably be said for Key students living blocks away from Key. [/quote]

But we currently need to bus kids from one neighborhood to multiple schools. You need to account for different (longer) routes with overlapping start times and you’d end up with more buses on the road, even for kids who’d take the bus to their neighborhood school.

And FWIW the vast majority of kids living in the Key walk zone currently do take the bus. 
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And I'm pro-option school, but realize there is an added expense. 
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