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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think any of the Cherrydale families were bullied but the Clarendon/Courthouse/Rosslyn/Lyon Village folks sure are reaping what they sowed when the declared Kirkwood was too dangerous to cross but are now claiming the Rosslyn folks must attend ASFS because they have to walk from the metro. My map says the quickest walking route from Clarendon metro to ASFS is .6 miles and VA Square is .8 miles. Both routes either cross or walk along Kirkwood. So, by their own logic, Rosslyn families should not be zoned to ASFS and be forced to risk their lives crossing Kirkwood to get to Extended Day. [/quote]

First of all it was the county that said Kirkwood was too busy to cross. Secondly, the quickest route is Art 55 and parents would take the bus and walk 0.3 miles.

Second, you are conflating street crossing for solo children (the walk zone) versus parents pickup up kids. Do you think 5th graders are taking metro on their own in APS.

At the end of the day, for Rosslyn the closest neighborhood school with the most direct traffic is ASFS — that’s why the parents are defending it, b/c LB and Taylor require mixing with arterial roads during rush hours. 
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I had 4 kids at ASFS for 16 consecutive years, most of which included them in morning and afternoon extended day.   Not once did I hear about or see a family taking a bus up or down Lee Highway to bring their kids to extended day or pick them up from extended day. And the only parents I ever saw doing this via metro were those of us who live in ASFS’s immediate neighborhood who took the metro to work. I did see lots of cars and every once in awhile a taxi. Not saying it didn’t happen on a rare occasion but no way was this a regular thing done by families.[/quote]

I think it’s pretty clear that the reasons are that people hate change and that no one wants to schlep up to Taylor.[/quote]

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