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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] True, but I was responding to a PP who said students don't even get the subway fare that is standard in NYC
With this pass, coming from Cap Hill, a student could metro to Silver Spring, and take a 16th St bus South, to be dropped off in front of Latin's location.
It would probably also work to metro to U St and take a 14th St bus north to be 2 blocks east of Latin
These routes would take about 1 1/2 hours each way, each day, but would only cost $30 a month
As someone else pointed out, Latin is planning a shuttle (presumably free) from Fort Totten to the new location

Obviously, it's better if every school in every neighborhood is a good school.[/quote]

Not every family would be OK with having an 11 year old tackle such a commute solo.  It is wrong that poor kids can't take advantage of the private buses/vans high-SES parents are using.  Yy Ying has the same issue.  Their Hill van doesn't stop out by RFK and isn't paid for by DC Charter.  Municipal funding should fill the gap but who'd lobby for that?  Without selective admissions, and very little ability grouping at MS charters, high-SES families aren't going to push to include more low-SES kids, even briliant ones.

If I had a true GT kid and couldn't afford a private, I'd head to MoCo myself.

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