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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much time is this really going to save you, OP? It doesn't seem worth all the energy you are putting into it. [/quote]

It's not just about the time.

I find it funny that some have mentioned getting rid of free bus service to save money for MCPS, and then some posters balk at it because it would increase traffic.  Here, I'm saying it would reduce traffic if we could walk to a closer bus stop (like a few blocks away) rather than have to drive to a center stop (about a mile) away, and people here are complaining that I am being lazy and entitled.  How does it make any sense that several families have to drive, adding to the congestion on the roads and at the school, rather than let them just walk a few blocks to a different bus stop?

I have never begrudged SN kids of special services provided by the school districts which take a chunk of the school's budget.  But, I find some of the rules around this ridiculous.  Other than physical disabilities, why do SN kids with IEPs need a bus stop all to themselves?  Maybe if someone could explain it to me, then I could understand it.  But, no one is explaining to me why a non SN kid can't use the same stop as a SN kid if that same bus is the one that the kid would get on but just at a different location.  Maybe if I understood why a kid with an IEP, short of physical disabilities, needs the bus to stop right at there house, it would make sense to me.  But  no one has told me that either.  I don't need to know that kid's specific reason, just a general reason.    It can't be because the kid doesn't do well in crowds as someone mentioned because that bus is crowded, full of SN and non SN kids alike.  It can't be because the parent doesn't want other kids waiting in front of their house because this happens with the neighborhood bus - it stops in front of a house, it's someone's house.

This is an anonymous forum. I have no idea who you are or where you live, so please explain to me why your SN kid with no physical disabilities needs a bus stop all to themselves and no other kid should be able to get on at the same stop.  I am seriously looking to understand this.  Like I said, I don't want to begrudge you this service, but then explain to me why a non SN kid can't use your stop.[/quote]

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