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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do kids really want to walk 1.5 miles to school everyday? I'd bike but not walk.[/quote]

We are in a walk zone labeled as 1.5 miles.

Our house is 0.95 miles door-to-door from WL and YES all the kids in my neighborhood walk to and from there or ride bikes.

I pass my 3 neighbor HS WL boys on my afternoon run.

My own kids bike up to WL field all the time and they are 11.  By 14, yes, they would be doing that on their own.

Hell, some of the MS neighbor's have walked home from Swanson.

We aren't all pansies.[/quote]

Yep.  Buying 1 mile from a HS should guarantee admittance to that HS and not one much farther away that requires bussing.

I get people want to make evertone else pay because they are in a HS district not of their choosing, mind you.  We looked over there and I could have had a new home twice the square footage for the same price, but knew I was staying for HS so bought the smaller home in the better school district. This is a HUGE area.  Nobody is forcing them to live in S.Arlington Wakefield zone, btw.  Don't give me that BS there is no choice or alternative.  Many families in Mt Pleasant of similar backgrounds attend great charter schools. They have the ability to move, not harass everyone that is zoned elsewhere.[/quote]

What is also annoying is the N. Arlington mom who goes to the last SB meeting to bemoan the fact that her HS aged daughter doesn't have enough diversity in their lily white school.  WTF?  Seriously.  Why do you want everyone else to be bussed in?  You can always request a transfer to Wakefield.  Why should tons of people be inconvenienced so you can feel less guilty about your choice.[/quote]

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