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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How come DCPS was open yesterday and today on time. Those kids are walking to school in the dark [/quote]

Because in DC, [b]all kids are walkers and are fairly close to their schools[/b].  And, likely get their meals at school. In mcps, kids walk two miles to High School, 1.5 miles to middle school, and a mile to elementary school. In this cold, with some kids not having proper cold weather gear, it's not appropriate.

Get over yourself, and think about others for once.[/quote]

Those are the distance limits for the walk zone. I wonder how many kids there are who actually do this. [/quote]

This is not true.  In DC, only something like 25% of kids across the city attend their in-boundary school.  They're either getting driven or taking public transportation.[/quote]

In [i]DCPS[/i]?[/quote]

No, I was addressing the immediate PP, who referenced DC, not DCPS specifically.

In this article, they say the average commute is 0.6 miles for elementary students and 1.8 miles for high school students in DCPS.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/many-dc-public-school-students-travel-less-than-a-mile-to-school/2015/05/12/0dcecfa8-f80e-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c511b79a3fde

However, that only tells part of the story, since about half of DC's public school students are in charter schools.  Further, many others are in privates.

For the average commute time by neighborhood for all students, see the interactive map "How Commutes Differ among Students in DC's Eight Wards."  The average commute not bad for Ward 3--for example, 9 min for the average 6th grader in Ward 3--but is longer for EOTP/EOTR neighborhoods, where more students are in charters and further away from top-ranked traditional public schools.  The data are from 2013-2014; not sure how commutes may have changed since then.

https://apps.urban.org/features/school-transportation/?utm_source=EA&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=transportationandschoolchoice&utm_content=r

As for closures, when DCPS closes, many charters follow suit.[/quote]

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