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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow! People are really miserable to be so hateful and mean based upon a simple question about transportation and request for advice. I know that people are jealous of parents with kids in charters, but damn, is it really worth this level of hatred? I agree with other posters who discussed the school list-serve. Most important- this is a minor problem, which there is plenty of time to get figured out. Also, as far as the "entitlement" accusations. What a crock! Other school districts assist parents with transportation. DC doesn't get a pass because of how horribly it's been managed. The attitude of tax paying parents should just accept being SOL is the same attitude that has kept the city from moving forward in a positive direction. When I didn't get my trash picked up and rats started invading our alleyway, I contacted the city and demanded service. Guess I have an entitlement attitude, huh. If so, too bad!!![/quote]

You are off base in so many ways.  The city does not provide bus service as almost everyone has a neighborhood school that is walking distance.  If you dismiss your neighborhood school and opt to go to a charter across town that is your prerogative but you can't expect the city to now create a new bus system to bus your kid to YuYing and when you get into MV after two weeks of school starting change routes.  The school choices we have are awesome but it' really is ludicrous to have the expectation that you will be bussed.  I have no hatred or ill-will w/ OP, no jealousy here as my kids are at one of the best charters in the city (yes, we drive across town too).[/quote]

I'm not sure which thread you read, but it wasn't this one. Most of the comments on here were mean-spirited and nasty for no reason whatsoever. A parent who's new to the process merely asked for suggestions regarding transporting their LO to and from school. Based upon OP's admitted ignorance, he/she was ripped a new one. Completely unnecessary and unhelpful. I'm sure many parents have the same questions/concerns and are seeking the same advice. Not everyone on here can afford a private car service, a driver or a babysitter who can transport. Some are working parents who need to get to work early in the morning and leave late to make ends meet. Many of these same parents have their child's education as the top priority and so have chosen the charter they were luckily enough to lottery in to. They do not deserve the nastiness of people who are mad. Plain and simple. I, for one, will not be sending my DC to a school where most of the kids can't read or do simple math. I am a tax payer like everyone else and my children deserve the same quality education others demand. The city should provide transportation. This is not entitlement. Unless demanding lunch in schools is entitlement. Unless demanding bathroom facilities is entitlement. These are basic things in other school districts.[/quote]

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