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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Lorton Station the school that hosted the Hagel Circle kids for a year or two?

If so, that is where they should go, not Halley or Gunston.[/quote]

Yup, it’s also the only school where the Hagel Circle kids can walk too. [/quote]

Why would that be so crucial, to be able to walk when a lot of Fairfax county students cannot walk to school. There is a bus for that reason and if they miss the bus, they have parents who drive. [b]Most Lorton residents have cars in order to live in this area. [/b]

You know the real reason why you don’t want Hagel Circle part of Gunston…. I was there on the 22nd Of October. Discrimination 100% based on their socio-economic status and their demographics. [/quote]

Your privilege is showing.  Many families along the Rt. 1 corridor (yes, Hagel Circle is right off of Rt. 1) do not have reliable transportation - maybe the family only has one vehicle and that parent is unable to do drop off/pick up because of their work schedule and the bell schedule.  The bus that runs along Rt. 1 is always full of people catching it to go and up down the highway for groceries, shopping.  There is a grocery store (Food Lion) 1.2 miles from the complex.  People along the corridor routinely walk a mile or more to shop/go to work/go to school.  During the workday, you see countless women (usually women) with babies/toddlers walking up and down Rt. 1 carrying grocery bags.  Yes, Hagel Circle is further away from most of the retail on Rt. 1 but the housing prices are significantly less than further north in the Mount Vernon area (another area full of low income families.). 
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+1. A Halley Teacher came to another meeting that was held at Gunston with Mateo Dunne present and said that if the students in Hagel Circle miss the bus, they are only getting to school if it’s feasible to walk there. These parents either don’t have reliable transportation or have already left for work. Getting to Gunston involves walking south along route 1, crossing Route 1 and walking nearly a mile down Gunston Road which has a 50 mph speed limit and zero sidewalks. Getting to Lorton Station means walking to the back of Hagel Circle, taking a short path to Timarand Drive and hitting a crosswalk right at Lorton Station elementary. Look at the current boundary maps, Hagel Circle was carved from the Lorton Station boundaries. Bussing the kids to another school won’t solve the problem, time for FCPS to buck up and move these kids back to their neighborhood school. [/quote]

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