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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are a year away from the possible 5th grade move to middle, but I at this point I can't imagine putting my kid on a city bus every day to get to/from school. I would personally be able to swing the drive, but is it out of the question for DC to provide school busses? I think our kids deserve that. They are exposed to A LOT on mass transit, not to mention the safety issues of not being guaranteed a seat, etc. Especially in situations like Brent where the IB elementary and IB middle schools are so far apart. Not to offer school busses for the DCPS kids is really unacceptable.[/quote]

How do you think kids got to school EVERY day across DC?  When Rhee closed all of the schools were you banging on the table wondering how these kids will get to school each day?  But your precious child who lives on Cap Hill deserves a school bus?   Look around and see how the rest of DC lives.[/quote]

Is there a reason to be so nasty? I think EVERYONES precious child should have a school bus if they are not in walking distance from school. I walk my kids to my neighborhood school and have been doing that since my rising 4th grader was 3. When we need to go to a school further away, they will not be on a city bus. I have the flexibility to make this happen since it bothers me (fine if it does not bother you). Not everyone has a choice, which is my point. Everyone should be able to choose not to send their 9 year old to school on dc public transit. No clue why you would think I thought this should be for my child only. Good lord.[/quote]

Brent and Jefferson are 1.4 miles apart. Honestly, for healthy middle schoolers that IS walking distance. Kids with disabilities, of course, should have transportation built into their IEPs as needed. The other kids can walk, take the circulator directly between the schools, or use the metro for free.[/quote]

1.4 miles equals a 30 minute walk (for an adult) you think it's cool for a 10 year old to walk 30 minutes to school twice a a day in the middle of a not so safe city? Get a grip. [/quote]

a) middle school starts at 6th grade. Most kids are 11 or 12 when they start
b) they're free to walk with their parents or friends if they can't do it alone
c) with childhood obesity the way it is, the high number of car accidents, and daytime violent crime rates in the area between Brent and Jefferson vanishingly low, it is probably way safer and healthier for kids to get an hour of exercise each day than to be driven to and from school
d) there's also a metro and kids can ride it for free if they don't want to walk
e) starting in the fall there will also be a bus
f) I would rather send my kid on a public bus or metro with a mix of adults and kids than a bus solely full of middle schoolers. I rode a school bus K-12 in a fairly wealthy suburb. The kids were jerks and there was a lot of acting up. I don't think a school bus would be a more pleasant experience than public transit.[/quote]

This is ridiculous. 11 year olds should not have to walk up to 2 miles, under a highway overpass, through a somewhat tricky area or a not very populated/non-residential area just to get to school. No one thinks that commute is doable year round by middle schoolers on foot. That’s absurd.[/quote]

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