Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:45     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?


That is an exception. I meant a general rule. I just do not like busing a long distance as a tool for balancing FARMS.


Np I disagree. I don’t think they should let any school get over 15-20% farms.

In my neighborhood there are two elementary schools 1 mile apart. One has only 1m+ sfhs and a few townhouses. The other has 1m homes and then a new apartment complex was built. It’s now 60% farms. I think there would be a massive benefit in balancing the schools. Only the sfhs are within walking distance to both schools. The apartments are already bused from a mile away.


That's not possible in Montgomery County.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:29     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why busing is bad. I went to a school about 15 miles away and it was only a 30 min ride. I think time on bus matters but 30 min is fine.


My son bus ride is 2 miles and it takes 30 minutes with all the stops. I guess you had a straight shot to school. Was it a limo service?


exactly I don’t understand this. there are so many stops. I don’t understand how that works.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:03     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why busing is bad. I went to a school about 15 miles away and it was only a 30 min ride. I think time on bus matters but 30 min is fine.


My son bus ride is 2 miles and it takes 30 minutes with all the stops. I guess you had a straight shot to school. Was it a limo service?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:00     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?


That is an exception. I meant a general rule. I just do not like busing a long distance as a tool for balancing FARMS.


Np I disagree. I don’t think they should let any school get over 15-20% farms.

In my neighborhood there are two elementary schools 1 mile apart. One has only 1m+ sfhs and a few townhouses. The other has 1m homes and then a new apartment complex was built. It’s now 60% farms. I think there would be a massive benefit in balancing the schools. Only the sfhs are within walking distance to both schools. The apartments are already bused from a mile away.


Not necessarily as farms schools get lower student/teacher ratios and other things.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 10:00     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why busing is bad. I went to a school about 15 miles away and it was only a 30 min ride. I think time on bus matters but 30 min is fine.


We live a 8 minute drive and bus is 30-40 minutes each way. HS kids have to go back and forth, sometimes 4 times a day so 15 miles a way is a big deal.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:34     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?


That is an exception. I meant a general rule. I just do not like busing a long distance as a tool for balancing FARMS.


Then you should be clear about what you mean. What you mean is that you think it's fine to have some very high FARMS schools and some very low FARMS schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:32     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?


That is an exception. I meant a general rule. I just do not like busing a long distance as a tool for balancing FARMS.


Np I disagree. I don’t think they should let any school get over 15-20% farms.

In my neighborhood there are two elementary schools 1 mile apart. One has only 1m+ sfhs and a few townhouses. The other has 1m homes and then a new apartment complex was built. It’s now 60% farms. I think there would be a massive benefit in balancing the schools. Only the sfhs are within walking distance to both schools. The apartments are already bused from a mile away.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:31     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Busing is fine.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:29     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
I don’t see why busing is bad. I went to a school about 15 miles away and it was only a 30 min ride. I think time on bus matters but 30 min is fine.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:28     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?


That is an exception. I meant a general rule. I just do not like busing a long distance as a tool for balancing FARMS.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:28     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:With so many factors to balance in determining a final call, MCPS should not consider two things:
1) Property value
2) Busing (the most terrible idea since its inception)


They shouldn't consider whether bus rides will increase? You think busing is the most terrible idea, but whether or not a plan causes whatever you think was terrible about it, shouldn't be a factor?


Sorry, I should have made it clear: busing out of neighborhood, say > 4 miles.


The point is, there's no clear line between the different kinds of busing that comes up.

You could require contiguous school boundaries.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:25     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Aren't there places where the nearest high school is over four miles away?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:24     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:With so many factors to balance in determining a final call, MCPS should not consider two things:
1) Property value
2) Busing (the most terrible idea since its inception)


They shouldn't consider whether bus rides will increase? You think busing is the most terrible idea, but whether or not a plan causes whatever you think was terrible about it, shouldn't be a factor?


Sorry, I should have made it clear: busing out of neighborhood, say > 4 miles.
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:21     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
Anonymous wrote:With so many factors to balance in determining a final call, MCPS should not consider two things:
1) Property value
2) Busing (the most terrible idea since its inception)


They shouldn't consider whether bus rides will increase? You think busing is the most terrible idea, but whether or not a plan causes whatever you think was terrible about it, shouldn't be a factor?
Anonymous
Post 12/13/2025 09:19     Subject: Two concepts should be banned in discussing boundary studies
With so many factors to balance in determining a final call, MCPS should not consider two things:
1) Property value
2) Busing (the most terrible idea since its inception)