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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Open campus lunch has worked for decades in many Montgomery County, Arlington, and DC public schools. It started in the late 60s and early 70s as students gained more freedom from then overbearing school administrations. MCPS, APS, and DCPS kept the open campus lunch policies in place because they worked so well over the years. Local businesses also benefited from the lunchtime rush. Student clubs, extracurriculars, and other activities are scheduled in coordination with the lunch periods. Also, notably, the public high schools with open lunches are within walking distance of homes, fast food joints, and businesses. The campuses also tend to be urban: B-CC, Walter Johnson, the former Blair, Jackson-Reed (Wilson), H-B Woodlawn, W-L, Yorktown, etc. Seniors in APS have open campus driving privileges. [/quote]

Seneca Valley, which is not urban, used to have official open lunch, until a 15-year-old student was hit and killed while walking to school.

I don't know if Northwest ever had official open lunch, but that non-urban high school is also within walking distance of fast food.[/quote]

This is tragic but [b]mcps only provides bus service for two miles away[/b].  Our kids, if they walk have to cross major roads so this is a tragedy bound to happen without buses or guards.  No family should experience that but it’s a separate issue from open lunch. [/quote]

That's not true at all, MCPS provides bus service to lots of kids to high school from less than 2 miles away.[/quote]

Only if they need to pass a 6+ lane road to get to school or don’t have adequate sidewalks/crosswalks  on 4+ lane roadways [/quote]

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