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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

UM, the farthest a kid should need to walk would actually be 0.7 miles, which is halfway between the two schools.  And yes, a 10 year old should be expected to able to do a 15 minute walk twice a day.[/quote]

What? People zoned for Brent don't live halfway between Brent and JA. Halfway between Brent and JA is mostly zoned for Van Ness... Kids who live at 7th and Independence, however, are zoned for JA. So they're more than 2 miles from JA. I don't think you understand how zoning works.[/quote]

I don’t think that person understands how distance works. [/quote]

Yes, they don't understand distance. I am in bound for Brent and if I let my kids walk it would be a 35 minute walk. Absurd. [/quote]

Most kids can walk 35 minutes. Kids who play soccer, or dance, or do any other kind of sport/physical activity could handle that. When factoring in the walk to the station and the wait for the train, it's probably the same door-to-door whether you walk or metro. Some days the weather is gross and it's more pleasant to take transit, and maybe your kid can't handle finding his or her way for a mile and a half walk or would dawdle or misbehave or something, but it is not absurd for a middle schooler to walk that far.

Providence and Syracuse schools only give bus passes to kids who live 1.5 miles or more from their middle schools. Minnesota law is districts must provide transportation (school bus, bus pass) for kids who live more than 2 miles away. Lots of school districts expect middle schoolers to walk the equivalent of the Brent zone to Jefferson. Here in DC we're lucky that metro, circulator, and bike lanes provide other options.
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Totally over you and your lack of COMMON sense and safety. If you want to compare SE DC to Syracuse and Minnesota Godspeed. [/quote]

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