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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thing about the "bus the kids" plan is that it is only reasonable if there is a large enough cohort of kids from one neighborhood attending one or two proximate schools to fill a bus. If you're talking about one or two kids from SE going to Janney and one or two kids from SE going to Powell (or somewhere else not in upper NW), it stops being a reasonable idea pretty quickly. The point of a neighborhood school system is that children have a school that is either walking distance or a very short drive/bus ride/whatever. I completely understand that many elementary schools in the city are sub-par and that a lot of people would rather drive their kids across town than send their kids to the neighborhood school, but that is not a transportation issue. Spending money on busing kids across town is not going to improve the failing neighborhood schools that necessitate the buses, which is actually the fundamental problem. All DC kids should be able to walk to a decent public school from their home. That that is not the reality is what is lame, NYC PP.[/quote]

It's ridiculous to believe that the much feared set-asides would mean Kids from SE at Lafayette or Mann.  But that aside, the only way busing could be feasible would be removing choice and making IB schools the only option for those attending DCPS.  But even then, where would the buses park for pick up and drop off?  What would the addition of those extra vehicles on the road do to rush hour.  And then there's a phenomenal cost - buses, drivers, off-hour storage, maintenance, liability.

I have to go back and look at the MySchool data, but I suspect there will be fewer and fewer OOB placements each year.[/quote]

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