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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The May presentation by the consultants refers to transportation times at pp. 22, 30-31, 33, 37, 41-42, 53, and 58.

That’s a lot of references for something being discounted as largely irrelevant by self-interested posters here. [/quote]

And those references did nothing to impact the last two scenarios.  [/quote]

Is that a good thing or a flaw?  It doesn’t sound like it’s good to acknowledge relevant considerations expressly referred to in an official School Board policy and then ignore them.  [/quote]
Until they produce a tangible benefit for reducing transportation times — like a budget neutral fix to school start times, this pillar of 8130 is never going to gain much traction. Most families with long bus rides knowingly bought into the situation because they wanted to attend certain pyramids. Therefore, they will fight back against any change while those in favor of reducing transportation times are advocating to move other peoples’ kids with no quantifiable gain.

“Studies say…” isn’t going to sway the county at large. [/quote]

They could make a greater effort to quantify the potential savings from shorter transportation times, but then they might really have to do something about it.  They would not have included transportation times as one of the four main considerations in Policy 8130 unless they had at least a working hypothesis that reducing transportation times is desirable.

As things now stand, they aren't doing much about long commutes and in some recent instances have even increased them.   Whether they admit or not, the lack of any consistently applied framework for establishing or revising boundaries undermines the credibility of Reid and the School Board, as they simply appear to accede to the wishes of those with the loudest voices and most money. [/quote]

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