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Anonymous wrote:The freshmen may not have started but they may have turned down offers at AOS or AES and I don't know that they can get those spots back. So a rising freshmen who committed to TJ might have to return to their base school and not AOS or AES because they no longer have a transportation to TJ. And what about Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors?

There's no way any incoming freshmen and/or their parents didn't know this was *at least* a possibility if not a probability. It's been debated in Loudoun extensively for quite awhile with one particular community vocally demanding busing services and the vast majority of community taxpayers saying, I'm sorry, we're paying $1M+ per year for WHAT?? If you want your kid to go to TJ, YOU drive them there. You've undoubtedly put in a great deal of effort to get them accepted, why stop there?

Sure, but they say that every year. How was anyone to know that this would be the year when they would cut transportation?

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Anonymous wrote:The freshmen may not have started but they may have turned down offers at AOS or AES and I don't know that they can get those spots back. So a rising freshmen who committed to TJ might have to return to their base school and not AOS or AES because they no longer have a transportation to TJ. And what about Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors?

There's no way any incoming freshmen and/or their parents didn't know this was *at least* a possibility if not a probability. It's been debated in Loudoun extensively for quite awhile with one particular community vocally demanding busing services and the vast majority of community taxpayers saying, I'm sorry, we're paying $1M+ per year for WHAT?? If you want your kid to go to TJ, YOU drive them there. You've undoubtedly put in a great deal of effort to get them accepted, why stop there?

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Anonymous wrote:The freshmen may not have started but they may have turned down offers at AOS or AES and I don't know that they can get those spots back. So a rising freshmen who committed to TJ might have to return to their base school and not AOS or AES because they no longer have a transportation to TJ. And what about Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors?

There's no way any incoming freshmen and/or their parents didn't know this was *at least* a possibility if not a probability. It's been debated in Loudoun extensively for quite awhile with one particular community vocally demanding busing services and the vast majority of community taxpayers saying, I'm sorry, we're paying $1M+ per year for WHAT?? If you want your kid to go to TJ, YOU drive them there. You've undoubtedly put in a great deal of effort to get them accepted, why stop there?

Anonymous wrote:The freshmen may not have started but they may have turned down offers at AOS or AES and I don't know that they can get those spots back. So a rising freshmen who committed to TJ might have to return to their base school and not AOS or AES because they no longer have a transportation to TJ. And what about Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors?

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is building their own brand. AOS cant compete with TJ if their best candidates go to TJ.

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are crazy. They are doing this to existing kids going to TJ. Pulling the rug out from under them. Not just cutting off busing for future applicants. That's not right and if any of your kids were affected, you wouldn't be so snide.

NP here. It's humorous that you think you have a legal right to a bus ride when your kid is "special permissioned" to a school other than their homeschool. When parents use special permission the parent is responsible for the transportation. I am one of those parents. I've had to drive my kids for years.

Get a lawyer and get in line to sue. Go ahead and waste your money. You won't win. You know who has a better chance at a lawsuit? Me. Since the school system paid for your kids transportation for many many years, they need to pay my costs.

I'll support the contract with TJ but I don't support paying for your kid's transportation. I won't even get in to the issues regarding the shortage of bus drivers.

In FCPS kids that apply to attend a magnet school or language immersion program that is not at their base school are required to transport their child. This is a known expectation. It is mentioned in the program over view meetings, on the web site, and in the invitation you receive if you get one of the spots. Kids who choose to attend an AP or IB high school that is not their base school are required to provide their own transportation but, again, that is made clear from day one.

Kids in AAP and attending TJ are bussed to their schools, this is also something that is common knowledge.

I understand Loundoun County choosing to not fund the transport to TJ. That is a perfectly fair decision. But if the kids who applied for the program did so with an understanding that transportation was going to be provided, like the kids currently attending TJ, I can see where they would be upset. So if you are a rising Senior and your parents cannot get you to TJ and the bus option has been removed, then you have to change schools your Senior year?

I think a fair decision would be to provide the bus for the rising Freshmen, who have already made a decision to attend TJ based on the knowledge that there was a bus available, and then no more. The kids choosing to apply for the class enter in 2020 would know that they have to provide their own transportation and could make an informed decision.

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is building their own brand. AOS cant compete with TJ if their best candidates go to TJ.

It was only a matter of time before this happened.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a Loudoun resident and I support this. We have enough of our own issues that we need more funding for. Also, might improve Loudoun scores if the smartest kids weren't bused away.

Anonymous wrote:I mean this only effects freshmen and sophomores. Surely by junior year they can drive?