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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People prefer to have their kids as close to home as possible because it makes life easier, especially since there are no aftercare opportunities available in most neighborhoods other than APS extended day. When you move kids to more distant schools in a congested county, you are adding a significant round trip commute to the day in the race for a 6pm pickup. To the person who will helpfully point out that school is not childcare and kids can ride the bus, you are essentially telling people to just hire a part time nanny or quit their job if they can't handle the logistics, which is a "let them eat cake" kind of solution. [/quote]

THIS.  I'd put good money on the bet that the people pushing for busing kids across the county are stay at home moms or people that work very part time or whatever.  Most parents with normal-hours full time jobs use extended day, and therefore don't have the option of relying on a bus and will face big obstacles if they suddenly have to start driving across the county in rush hour to drop or and pick up their kids twice a day.  This is not a small problem.  [/quote]

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