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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sent a letter to the BOE earlier this week as a concerned parent asking about the transportation plans and urging board members to get a clear answer on planning and cost before approving the regional plan.  I pointed out the likelihood that if transportation were only provided between high schools, participation in the regional programs in the NEC and DCC would likely drop, since families now rely on the neighborhood stops.  I'm happy to hear they are reconsidering the plan and at least discussing neighborhood bus stops.  But it's still mind-boggling that they are trying to rush this through without taking the time to really analyze and design a plan.[/quote]

I think this is only really worth doing with DCC/NEC style transportation. The HS-HS proposal would be so inequitable, so I guess it's good they're rethinking. But having DCC/NEC style busing all over the county for this many programs has to be extremely expensive. I think a better solution would be to scale WAY down the number of new programs but slowing add them in targeted places, and dissolve the DCC/NEC.[/quote]

Exactly! They can try pioneering building one program across 6 regions, or one region with these many programs and learn from there for expansion. Taylor did a three-year roll-out of 6 new programs in his previous county, which is a much more reasonable scale compared to the current scale. Their transportation system melted down even with that small-scale implementation. What gives him confidence and rigidity to scale-up so much this round? [/quote]

He left Stafford in July and did not witness the transportation meltdown in August.[/quote]

We told this to BOE in testimony. I wrote follow-up emails. They intentionally chose to pretend not seeing anything. [/quote]

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