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[quote=Anonymous]The school told the community that everybody would be able to pick up and drop off on campus but they needed two no entrances on Ellicott Street and River Road. They got the new entrances.

This poster gets to the heart of the matter. Parents refuse to carpool and want to have a place where they can drop off kids without getting caught. GDS wants to accommodate these parents.

[quote=Anonymous]The only way to drop on campus is via carpool, per the ANC restrictions.  Not every one has been able to find carpools or lives in areas where that is feasible.  Believe me, for many, if they could drop at school, they would.  But that is precisely what the ANC wants to control.

At bottom, it seems to me that there is a lot of lack of clarity in the agreement regarding the trip counts.   It seems reasonable to try to come to clarity on that for the future.  In the meantime, the ANC should admit that its own negotiated documents do not forbid what they say they now do.  They have lied for their own purposes.

It also seems reasonable to have a reasonable, short distance perimeter around the school for no drop offs in residential areas.   So Wisconsin cannot be part of that.  And there is no interest in restricting Wisconsin given that it's basically a stop and go highway now and has been for years, other than trying to punish GDS families -- and only them.

People should figure out a way to find a satellite location where GDS permissibly can drop off their kids -- one that is very close to the school but has little or no routing on residential streets.  That would meet everyone's needs.  But that location should be close to the school to meet family needs, too, not just the demands of angry neighbors.  GDS families need a place to safely drop their children and one that is close and allows their kids to get into school on time.  Some people drive a long way to get there, and through a lot of traffic.  Some also, especially in the HS, have a ton of gear to carry.[/quote][/quote]

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