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Not PP, but really I think the county NEEDS to invest more in transportation infrastructure even if it means higher taxes, because we're just too dense and too urban to pretend like we're the sleepy suburb of yesteryear. MS kids are old enough to use public transportation by themselves safely, if we had a more robust transit network. There's no reason why the special snowflakes of NOVA must be driven door-to-door. NONE. There are students in Switzerland and Germany who ride public buses [b]alone[/b] to Kindergarten. If our kids can't handle that by 6th grade, they deserve to fail. So much for American exceptionalism. [/quote]

That may be, but it isn't going to happen by September 2019.  Transportation is a huge cost.  APS has insufficient busses, drivers, and bus storage.  Public transport can't fill the gap.  Turning large numbers of children walking to neighborhood schools into bus riders is inefficient, expensive, and totally against stated County and APS goals of walkability and car free diet community.

Wanting your child at their nearby, neighborhood school isn't ridiculous.  It isn't racist.  It's a common sense and quality of life factor for hundreds or maybe thousands of families. APS stated that they heard it loud and clear both from English and Spanish speaking families that they wanted their kids at neighborhood schools.
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OK. So let's get rid of all elementary-level choice programs except immersion. Then let's move towards eliminating school buses for middle schoolers and high schoolers -- not by 2019, but as we face an increasing school population and an increased population generally. Better public transit, used more.[/quote]

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