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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're at a Tier 2 school, and my kids will start at 925am, meaning about a 9am bus stop. It's awful - the school bus now comes later than the Metro buses in our neighborhood, which makes it impossible for anyone to use public transportation. And it puts many of us on the roads into DC after the rush hour protocols have ended, which will extend commute times considerably. Meanwhile, in the afternoon, the kids will be getting on the bus after rush hour has already begun in our area (near NIH.) So, much longer trips home. Thanks MCPS!

I'm all for pushing back bell times for older kids, BTW. But I doubt they get much benefit from a 20 minute AM reprieve. And there should have been much more careful consideration of the impact of simply randomly pushing back ALL bell times. [/quote]

I live in the NIH neighborhood, although must be at a different school, because we are Tier 1. (Not really sure where you could live, because the Wyngate catch area circles around most of NIH -- maybe you're south of NIH?).  At any rate, the metro buses and ride on run pretty regularly even after 9 -- I regularly go in after 9, and take either the metro bus or ride on.  Or you can always walk to metro, which I also do if I just miss a bus.  The only rush hour protocols I can think of are Connecticut Avenue, which run until 9:30, so if you leave after the school bus pickup, you'll be pretty far down CT by the time they stop the reversibles.  And traffic gets pretty light at that time of day.
I agree that it's bad news for all those people that need to be at work by 9 or 9:30, but, if you think it will make it "impossible for anyone to use public transportation," I respectfully suggest that you double-check the bus times, because they do run pretty frequently even after 9. I am anxious to see how the evening commute will screw up the afternoon buses..but my observation is that the commuting tangle in our neighborhood starts around 3 (or earlier), so I'm not sure that the 3:25 end will make that much of a difference.
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