Anonymous wrote:https://actheogony.com/8080/news/transportation-issues-plague-school-year
Absolutely bananas. What a colossal waste of students time. 1,600 student commuting between campuses everyday.
Anonymous wrote:If kids in the Bronx or South Central can walk between campuses or from neighborhoods to/from schools, I find it shocking that Alexandrians can’t. DCPS even has open campus at the high schools and while there are occasional incidents, you never hear about them.
Perhaps ACPS should’ve just built another separate high school with a 3,000 student max capacity if a substantial minority of the students are so violent and unruly, as reported by other commenters here. I’m sure that’s been talked about ad nauseum.
Or maybe the new building could become a lower school campus for grades 9-10. (Of course that would likely waste the money and effort put into the current model.)
Anonymous wrote:If kids in the Bronx or South Central can walk between campuses or from neighborhoods to/from schools, I find it shocking that Alexandrians can’t. DCPS even has open campus at the high schools and while there are occasional incidents, you never hear about them.
Perhaps ACPS should’ve just built another separate high school with a 3,000 student max capacity if a substantial minority of the students are so violent and unruly, as reported by other commenters here. I’m sure that’s been talked about ad nauseum.
Or maybe the new building could become a lower school campus for grades 9-10. (Of course that would likely waste the money and effort put into the current model.)
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Not from Alexandria but I know that intersection at King Street. It is a busy area. Why can’t ACPS just build a pedestrian bridge over Braddock Rd / Quaker Ln? Use some of the land behind the church and auto dealership for a fenced in pathway to the bridge. That would solve many if not most of the safety issues. And strategically place CCTV cameras around to prevent student misbehavior.
If kids have no trouble meeting to brawl at a shopping center parking lot, imagine meeting in an area that can't be easily accessed if there is a mob of kids on top of a road with only two points of egress.
I think the fencing and cameras would be deterrents to the shenanigans you’re alluding to, but I’m not a public safety expert. Bridges shouldn’t be controversial. Many public schools have pedestrian bridges over major roadways for exclusive student use without the security apparatus of cameras and gates. Some public schools in NYC have those. They are all over the LA freeways and other major roads. Anacostia HS has one over the adjacent freeway. I occasionally pass under the one over route 50 in Arlington. Are Alexandria kids somehow not as well behaved as kids in other urban and suburban areas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Not from Alexandria but I know that intersection at King Street. It is a busy area. Why can’t ACPS just build a pedestrian bridge over Braddock Rd / Quaker Ln? Use some of the land behind the church and auto dealership for a fenced in pathway to the bridge. That would solve many if not most of the safety issues. And strategically place CCTV cameras around to prevent student misbehavior.
If kids have no trouble meeting to brawl at a shopping center parking lot, imagine meeting in an area that can't be easily accessed if there is a mob of kids on top of a road with only two points of egress.
I think the fencing and cameras would be deterrents to the shenanigans you’re alluding to, but I’m not a public safety expert. Bridges shouldn’t be controversial. Many public schools have pedestrian bridges over major roadways for exclusive student use without the security apparatus of cameras and gates. Some public schools in NYC have those. They are all over the LA freeways and other major roads. Anacostia HS has one over the adjacent freeway. I occasionally pass under the one over route 50 in Arlington. Are Alexandria kids somehow not as well behaved as kids in other urban and suburban areas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Not from Alexandria but I know that intersection at King Street. It is a busy area. Why can’t ACPS just build a pedestrian bridge over Braddock Rd / Quaker Ln? Use some of the land behind the church and auto dealership for a fenced in pathway to the bridge. That would solve many if not most of the safety issues. And strategically place CCTV cameras around to prevent student misbehavior.
If kids have no trouble meeting to brawl at a shopping center parking lot, imagine meeting in an area that can't be easily accessed if there is a mob of kids on top of a road with only two points of egress.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Not from Alexandria but I know that intersection at King Street. It is a busy area. Why can’t ACPS just build a pedestrian bridge over Braddock Rd / Quaker Ln? Use some of the land behind the church and auto dealership for a fenced in pathway to the bridge. That would solve many if not most of the safety issues. And strategically place CCTV cameras around to prevent student misbehavior.
Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share the logistics of kids moving between campuses? I think I understand enough of why ACPS decided to do it, but do kids have like 2 classes in one building and then 3 in another? Do they move at lunchtime? It seems like a waste of the school day and bus resources to be moving kids back and forth.
Anonymous wrote:How are they going to stop the kids from walking through the Bermuda Triangle of Braddock/King/Seminary? They’re always walking back and forth. There are always kids hanging out underneath Safeway and in Bradlee.
If you really want to see some craziness, go through the Bermuda Triangle around 3:30 when the school bus corral runs through, as in literally one after another after another after another not stopping at stop signs or for lights. They just take over. Then you also have the kids playing frogged in the Bermuda Triangle traffic.