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Like I said, I support H. It evens out Kenmore without overburdening either TJ or Gunston. My conclusion from comparing all the maps is that fr/l rates are projected to rise in the south overall. That is a function of geography and of non-school policy choices made years before. This looks to me like the best we can do without some artificial island. It is certainly the best we can do of the proposals on the table. Whether the SB will swoop in with some made-up hybrid option at the last minute is a different story, of course.

H isn't without real costs - see the Swanson parent poster, who I genuinely feel for. I don't have a middle schooler so I can't say that this is a small thing to that small group of families. We aren't in the walk zone for any school, in fact. On balance, I'd vote to sacrifice the interests of that small group in walking in favor of what I believe to be best for about half the county's students. Not to say it's a free choice though.[/quote]

So it's ok for an 11 year old to walk 1.5 miles using the bike trail so she can cross Rt 50 (before sunrise for part of the year), rather than walk the 0.5 miles to the school next to their house? That scenario should really help the traffic around Kenmore and Swanson. No way I'm letting my daughter make that walk.[/quote]

To be perfectly clear- she would be going under Route 50- Carlin Springs goes under Route 50 and has wide sidewalks along this underpass-- not crossing it.  Similar to how she is currently crossing 66.[/quote]

Give me a break -- there would be no ability to walk and you know it.  So the kids from Dominion Hills are supposed to cross Wilson Blvd. during rush hour (no overpass/underpass there for a 4-lane highway), make their way down Wilson, walk down Carlin Springs under the underpass, dodging cars that are getting on/off Route 50, and then get to school?  Yeah, OK.  Hey, maybe they could just walk across the overpass near Home Depot and make their way along Route 50 - what do you care, right?  Not your kid.

Or they could continue walk to their neighborhood school without having to cross any busy streets -- of course you prefer the option that takes kids out of their walking distance school so you can participate in some sort of experiment.[/quote]

You realize that kids in Arlington Forest cross under the underpass daily now? Kids from Barcroft have to walk along 50 to get home. So far, so good. As to your comment about "experiment?" Well, go get your coral shirt and do what you think you must. [/quote]

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