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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think MCPS made a rational decision that simplifies the process, solves multiple common complaints, and probably makes financial sense. Of course, this solution also introduces new complaints, one of which they’re trying to address by providing buses.

However, different school communities have different priorities and capabilities. I have no problem with individual schools telling Central Office thanks, but no thanks, and making their own graduation ceremony arrangements at their own expense if that’s what the majority of that school community wants.[/quote]

Perhaps the UMBC decision makes financial sense for MCPS.  But the outcry you're hearing is that this MCPS decision is simply shifting costs from MCPS to the school's communities, particularly for schools that are a long drive from UMBC.  If MCPS decided to cut public school buses, and tell parents to drive their children daily if they wanted to attend school, that would be a financial savings to them, but that would not be a rational decision that maximizes well-being of the communities.[/quote]

+1. This.  MCPS trumpets “savings” [b]while a 100,000 community members are pissed a[/b]bout driving an extra 2 hours to what should be a community event. [/quote]
Nope,  maybe 5,000 at most. [/quote]

And your evidence for that is what? Are there community of surveys where [b]many respondents indicated they would like to spend 2 hours driving to another county to watch their kid’s graduate?[/b]

There’s news stories about an entire high school community who are willing to raise tens of thousands of dollars from their own money to cover what should be MCPS’s responsibility so they can have a graduation at their home school as they’ve always done.[/quote]
Real MCPS parents know it doesn’t take 2 hours to drive to UMBC. 
Only trolls[/quote]

With traffic 60-90 minutes but it depends on on far from the beltway.  It could be longer.  Plus students have to be there early.  [/quote]

+1. At the very least it’s 2 hours to get there and back from Baltimore from many parts of MoCo.   This is just MCPS shifting costs onto parents rather than the school system.[/quote]
My son has classes at UMBC that start at 8:00 am, and it only takes him 40-50 minutes to get there from  Germantown. [/quote]

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