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Anonymous wrote:Hope they come up with a solution. FYI, 1St NW between N St - P St NW is a traffic nightmare every. single. morning due to all the schools there, Dunbar HS and CCPCS, and everyone trying to get on New York Ave and the 395 entrance off NY Ave.

But, this is a green school. These parents would be metro, bus and riding their bikes. Right? They won't add to the carbon footprint.

No, no bikes and certainly not for kids. No bike lanes and too much traffic. You are asking for trouble.

I would transfer from my current immersion charter to MV because of the new location if 1) I received a spot thru the lottery and 2) if they didn't have an early release day on Wednesday.

Anonymous wrote:Hope they come up with a solution. FYI, 1St NW between N St - P St NW is a traffic nightmare every. single. morning due to all the schools there, Dunbar HS and CCPCS, and everyone trying to get on New York Ave and the 395 entrance off NY Ave.

But, this is a green school. These parents would be metro, bus and riding their bikes. Right? They won't add to the carbon footprint.

Anonymous wrote:MV should have the money to pay for a bus, since the teachers aren't getting paid that much.

I heard the same too 37k?

Anonymous wrote:It'll be a while before I have a kid old enough for MV, but I love the new location! I work on 7th near the Shaw metro and don't mind walking a kid over to N Cap. before work. The p6 bus also goes right over there and goes near RI Ave, Metro Center, Gallery Place, Archives, Southwest, etc. It will be worse for some families and better for others.

Good luck playing the lottery when it's your time!

It'll be a while before I have a kid old enough for MV, but I love the new location! I work on 7th near the Shaw metro and don't mind walking a kid over to N Cap. before work. The p6 bus also goes right over there and goes near RI Ave, Metro Center, Gallery Place, Archives, Southwest, etc. It will be worse for some families and better for others.

Anonymous wrote:Hope they come up with a solution. FYI, 1St NW between N St - P St NW is a traffic nightmare every. single. morning due to all the schools there, Dunbar HS and CCPCS, and everyone trying to get on New York Ave and the 395 entrance off NY Ave.

Yes, even from North Capital where I would be coming from is backed up from Florida Ave. to Michigan Ave. We are really hoping to stay, but it may not work out for us. We will play the lottery for other DCPS and Charter Spanish immerison schools.

Hope they come up with a solution. FYI, 1St NW between N St - P St NW is a traffic nightmare every. single. morning due to all the schools there, Dunbar HS and CCPCS, and everyone trying to get on New York Ave and the 395 entrance off NY Ave.

MV should have the money to pay for a bus, since the teachers aren't getting paid that much.

Anonymous wrote:Running bus service is not cheap. Are they having someone from the school at the pick-up stop? Someone from the school on the bus? At the drop-off site in the afternoon? Running an after school activities bus?

MV is starting an exploratory committee (of parents) regarding these issues. As far as I know (as a MV parent) there are no definite plans yet although many parents have expressed interest. There is also a push to get the MTA to add/re-reroute bus lines to make the connection from the current area (where many families are located and walk/take public trans to (I believe the number is over 50%) to the new location.

Running bus service is not cheap. Are they having someone from the school at the pick-up stop? Someone from the school on the bus? At the drop-off site in the afternoon? Running an after school activities bus?

Sela is $10 roundtrip per day which is around $200 for the month.

Anonymous wrote:Plus the bus to the new location surely will not be free. I believe YY's is around $200/month.

Oh wow, that's not cheap!

Plus the bus to the new location surely will not be free. I believe YY's is around $200/month.

A lot of the families that go to MV seem to walk (or metro). So if that is not an easy solution for them, you may see some.