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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that people greatly underestimate what a "long bus ride" means. It's not just 30 minutes (or 20 or 45) in the morning and 30 minutes after school. That might be a reasonable tradeoff if the educational environment were wildly improved. But that bus ride also means not going to school when you miss the bus or it doesn't show up. It means a lot of constraints around after school sports/extra curriculars. There is no late bus. How is your 9th grader getting home after practice at 5pm? Or getting back to school for rehearsal at 6pm? Or home again at 9pm? Because on public transportation, that's not a 30 minute ride - it's maybe an hour?

As a parent with kids in a neighborhood school and one in a school we need to commute to - the difference is not trivial. If families don't have a parent sitting around waiting for the next dropoff/pickup, the logistics are crazy making and sometimes just not workable.

This isn't about rich/poor. This is about really understanding the tradeoffs. Long commutes make it really difficult for students to engage in anything other than classtime. That's a huge negative.[/quote]

We have an activity that requires the kids to be at school after 5.  So, they either have to stay till 5 or go home and return.  [/quote]

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