Just drop your kid off near Murch or Wilson. Short walk.

Lock this topic. I’ve solved all your problems

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Anonymous wrote:I would never put my child on the public bus in elementary or middle school.... I’m leery even in high school. This is a city and things do occur. I do wish we could plop Deal in the suburbs and deal child could take a bus to school or car pool with another mom. I have great nostalgia for my own suburbia childhood. Alas, times have changed and DH wants to live in DC proper.

Perhaps after you finish clogging the parking lot at Deal, you can retreat to your bunker to avoid "DC proper".

Wow - yes they do - we like living in the city because things do occur! I can't imagine how boring the inverse must be in the suburbs.

Anonymous wrote:I would never put my child on the public bus in elementary or middle school.... I’m leery even in high school. This is a city and things do occur. I do wish we could plop Deal in the suburbs and deal child could take a bus to school or car pool with another mom. I have great nostalgia for my own suburbia childhood. Alas, times have changed and DH wants to live in DC proper.

Perhaps after you finish clogging the parking lot at Deal, you can retreat to your bunker to avoid "DC proper".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

Apparently if you live in Colonial Village you don't put your kid on the bus. Or something.

Yes I am that CV poster. As I said I have put other children on the bus (for years) so I am well aware of the bus, the stops, the route and what it is like on the bus. Not for my 10 year old (who will be 11 in a few days).

Not sure why that is such a big deal to people. I don't think it is that difficult of a drive. The uturn people are the issue not the amount of cars.

If you are so familiar with the direct bus route, why then would you say your child would have to take a bus to metro SS or 2-3 buses? Doesn't make any sense.

I can't imagine wanting to drive on to Deal property during drop-off or pick-up. Why would anyone do that?
If my kids need a ride I drop them off a few blocks away on a side street and they walk the last block or two. I don't have 15 minutes to navigate the parking lot.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

Apparently if you live in Colonial Village you don't put your kid on the bus. Or something.

Yes I am that CV poster. As I said I have put other children on the bus (for years) so I am well aware of the bus, the stops, the route and what it is like on the bus. Not for my 10 year old (who will be 11 in a few days).

Not sure why that is such a big deal to people. I don't think it is that difficult of a drive. The uturn people are the issue not the amount of cars.

OK but the problem at Deal (and my kid walks and has to navigate the daily mess on Nebraska on foot) is that too many parents drive and as a result the area in front of the school is a clusterfu(k every single day. That makes it unsafe for kids crossing and causes parents like the earlier referenced obnoxious Dad to do inconsiderate things and it causes traffic on all of the adjacent streets.

Yet lots of people, like the PP, have very reasonable alternatives for getting to and from Deal every day without using a car. If you are not utilizing those alternatives you are part of the problem. Full stop.

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Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

Apparently if you live in Colonial Village you don't put your kid on the bus. Or something.

Yes I am that CV poster. As I said I have put other children on the bus (for years) so I am well aware of the bus, the stops, the route and what it is like on the bus. Not for my 10 year old (who will be 11 in a few days).

Not sure why that is such a big deal to people. I don't think it is that difficult of a drive. The uturn people are the issue not the amount of cars.

Anonymous wrote:Even if you drive your kid to Deal, you don't have to enter the Deal parking lot.

Anytime I drive my kids, I always drop them on a side street across Nebraska. Chesapeake, Brandywine, etc. They can walk two blocks.
Or sometimes I drop them on the Wilson side by the tennis courts/baseball field and they can walk the Ft. Reno path to Deal.

Figure it out, you can do it.

sorry but I really don't understand all these people responding to OP that she should not drive her kid when she pointed out that some idiots do U-turns at Deal instead of driving to the turnaround and come back. people drive for all reasons (my DH did it last year because our child had band three times a week and had to be at Deal at 7.30am and it was convenient for him to drive her on this way to work). the point is that if you drive to Deal and drop your kid off, you should drive to the turnaround and come back, and not make a U-turn that is dangerous for the kids and force other drivers to stop waiting for you to complete a U-turn on a narrow street full of cars and kids. go to the damn turnaround, like everybody else. if you don't drive your kid to Deal, good for you.

Even if you drive your kid to Deal, you don't have to enter the Deal parking lot.

Anytime I drive my kids, I always drop them on a side street across Nebraska. Chesapeake, Brandywine, etc. They can walk two blocks.
Or sometimes I drop them on the Wilson side by the tennis courts/baseball field and they can walk the Ft. Reno path to Deal.

Figure it out, you can do it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

Apparently if you live in Colonial Village you don't put your kid on the bus. Or something.

Lots of Colonial Village and Shepherd Park kids ride that bus. PP said earlier that the Deal bus is too early and she feels he's too young for public transit.

My daughter will also be 10 starting 6th grade--not sure if I'd be okay putting her on a bus either. But that's years away, so we have some time to decide.

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Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

Apparently if you live in Colonial Village you don't put your kid on the bus. Or something.

Anonymous wrote:I should add that if I don't drive my child then public transport would either be metro from Silver Spring (after a bus to it) or 2-3 buses depending on the time of day. Again, not for a 10 year old.

Are you the Colonial Village poster from above? If so, why are making this so hard on yourself? The D31 is basically a school bus which goes right down 16th from Portal Dr., picking up kids all along the way then cuts across the park on Military, picking up more kids, before it drops them all at Deal. You could drive your kid to any of the stops on 16th, wait until he/she is on the bus and then go about your day.

I would never put my child on the public bus in elementary or middle school.... I’m leery even in high school. This is a city and things do occur. I do wish we could plop Deal in the suburbs and deal child could take a bus to school or car pool with another mom. I have great nostalgia for my own suburbia childhood. Alas, times have changed and DH wants to live in DC proper.