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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And just a reminder that "Option 5" involves the longest travel times for kids and apparently for exclusively FARMS kids.[/quote]

No it doesn't. It's shorter travel for many. Including the FARMS kids currently in Garrett Park. [/quote]

Where would their "central bus stop" be? [/quote]

Rosemary Hills?  DTSS?[/quote]

It will take kids about 35 minutes to get from Garrett Park to Rosemary Hills on public transit (assuming bus is on time) in addition to the 30 minute ride from Rosemary Hills to Whitman. So over an hour.[/quote]

ok what is a better solution?

Hour-long bus rides already seem contemplated in Option 3, for purposes of equalizing FARMS rates.  [/quote]

Which ones in Option 3 would be 1 hour?[/quote]

CC to Blair could easily be an hour in a bus during rush hour.  I have had that drive take me 45 min in a car during rush hour.  East west highway sucks in the morning.

I don’t know about Farmland to Kennedy but that’s like 6.7 miles.

Then there’s busing the Rosemary Hills kids to Whitman.

There’s other islands that I’d be concerned with but I’m not familiar enough with the routes.

Also important to remember that the public transit times will be the applicable ones for kids who miss the bus and for parents without cars.

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The public transit time I listed above was based on a proposal to have FARMS kids that opt in to get bused from "centralized" bus stops to Whitman. If they don't have a car they will need to get to the "centralized bus stop" somehow.

It does not take 45 minutes to get from Chevy Chase to Blair against rush hour traffic even if you avoid 495. That's the beauty of sending kids from west to east. Of course if there is a big crash, it will take longer, just like literally any other trip.[/quote]

we agree that the bus rides will be 45 minutes from some of these islands to other places. 45 minutes is a long bus ride.  people are going to make other choices rather than send their kids on 45 minute bus rides.  which means the thing you are trying to correct (uneven fARMS rates) won't happen.
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