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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I largely agree with this.  There is not an overall increase in bus ridership.  Dominion Hills and Madison Manor are in denial about how close Kenmore is.  Yes- if this proposal goes through, or something like it, [b]parts of Dominion Hills will have a longer walk to Kenmore as compared to their shorter walk to Swanson[/b]. Yes- parts of Madison Manor will be bused to Kenmore instead of a longish walk to Swanson.  
But the proposal as a whole has less busing then is currently occurring- look at the statistics APS has put out about this.  So it is simply false to say that we are breaking up neighborhood schools and busing across town- what have you.  [/quote]

It isn't just "a longer walk".  I just typed my address into Google Maps.  If my kids walk from our house to the front door of Swanson it's a 9min .5mi walk.  It's .4mi if they go to the side entrance.

The walk to Kenmore is along the W&OD and Four Mile Run Trail, is 1.5mi, and 31min.  More than three times as long.  And it's along a trail that isn't exactly known as safe in the dark.  Would you let your 11yr old girl walk that alone in the dark?  I'm guessing not, so no, we aren't in denial.  We are very much aware of the impact of such a move.[/quote]

I’m very comfortable with that impact. 
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Because it's not your child, is my guess.  SO easy to be holier than thou and throw around a race card when it isn't your children's lives in play.  Their elementary school experience has been f'ed by a school system and parents at other schools that didn't give a damn that McKinley was going to be way too crowded despite warnings to the contrary. And now they may be forced to bus or walk a dangerous route rather than a few minutes in their own neighborhood for middle school. Oh and by the way, let's all not forget that the high school capacity problem still isn't solved, so they'll likely be screwed again then, too.  It's exhausting and frustrating to feel like your kids don't matter.  Or at least that they matter less than other kids, both richer and poorer.
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There are multiple routes to Kenmore that are safe. A 20-30 min walk is nothing. Many of the people crying about busing would be walkers to Kenmore.

“Low performing”, “dangerous walk”, “unsafe neighborhood” all seem like code words.[/quote]

It’s not code at all. I hope the school board sees it for what it is. [/quote]

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