Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:57
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
This is false and has been discussed extensively upthread.
I have gone to Blair from Chevy Chase in a car on the regular. It is often 30 min in a car if not taking 495. Easily 45 min in a bus.
It's 20 minutes if you take East West Highway east in the morning and west in the afternoon.
Just because somebody said it earlier in this thread doesn't make it true.
Also buses can take 495.
Sigh. It’s dumb to bus kids who can and do walk. It’s dumber to bus them 6.5 miles.
Buses 1) make stops to pick up kids 2) go slower than cars 3) don’t take 495 bc of #1. These are some reasons the ride is slower than cars.
You are suggesting every bus must make 25 minutes of stops. In that case a 30 minute ride would be the absolute minimum and y'all are flipping out over 45 minutes. Gmafb
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:47
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Balancing out the FARMS rate between Woodward and WJ is a means of promoting similar education quality at both schools. All options ignore this.
Yes, this is what makes sense. You can also solve for utilization that way and the population will be diverse, likely FARMS close to 20% in both schools.
Does it solve for high FARMS at Kennedy and Blair? No.
But we all need to realize that mcps is going to have a very tough time meeting budget needs next year. With this admistration cutting funding for contractors and government jobs left and right, people in this county cannot sustain the increase in property taxes that it would take to fund everything.
Cuts in spending will undoubtedly have to be made. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.
Buses long distance for equity purposes — where kids can walk for free — or teachers’ jobs? What’s it going to be? How much does it cost to fund an unnecessary bus route (a bus, maintenance, insurance, fuel and a bus driver)?
And what is the environmental impact of that bus? We seemingly haven’t had success in getting electric buses, so we are looking at fossil fuel.
Agreed with all of this.
Also the traffic. More kids in cars. Fewer parents able to make it to over school stuff. Longer busing also increases absenteeism and being late.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:45
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
This is false and has been discussed extensively upthread.
I have gone to Blair from Chevy Chase in a car on the regular. It is often 30 min in a car if not taking 495. Easily 45 min in a bus.
It's 20 minutes if you take East West Highway east in the morning and west in the afternoon.
Just because somebody said it earlier in this thread doesn't make it true.
Also buses can take 495.
Sigh. It’s dumb to bus kids who can and do walk. It’s dumber to bus them 6.5 miles.
Buses 1) make stops to pick up kids 2) go slower than cars 3) don’t take 495 bc of #1. These are some reasons the ride is slower than cars.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:43
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
This is false and has been discussed extensively upthread.
I have gone to Blair from Chevy Chase in a car on the regular. It is often 30 min in a car if not taking 495. Easily 45 min in a bus.
It's 20 minutes if you take East West Highway east in the morning and west in the afternoon.
Just because somebody said it earlier in this thread doesn't make it true.
Also buses can take 495.
All that fossil fuel …
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:42
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Balancing out the FARMS rate between Woodward and WJ is a means of promoting similar education quality at both schools. All options ignore this.
Yes, this is what makes sense. You can also solve for utilization that way and the population will be diverse, likely FARMS close to 20% in both schools.
Does it solve for high FARMS at Kennedy and Blair? No.
But we all need to realize that mcps is going to have a very tough time meeting budget needs next year. With this admistration cutting funding for contractors and government jobs left and right, people in this county cannot sustain the increase in property taxes that it would take to fund everything.
Cuts in spending will undoubtedly have to be made. It doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out.
Buses long distance for equity purposes — where kids can walk for free — or teachers’ jobs? What’s it going to be? How much does it cost to fund an unnecessary bus route (a bus, maintenance, insurance, fuel and a bus driver)?
And what is the environmental impact of that bus? We seemingly haven’t had success in getting electric buses, so we are looking at fossil fuel.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:42
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
This is false and has been discussed extensively upthread.
I have gone to Blair from Chevy Chase in a car on the regular. It is often 30 min in a car if not taking 495. Easily 45 min in a bus.
It's 20 minutes if you take East West Highway east in the morning and west in the afternoon.
Just because somebody said it earlier in this thread doesn't make it true.
Also buses can take 495.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:41
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Some of bcc is in silver spring.
Yes but option 3 takes kids who can presently walk and do walk to BCC and ships them to Blair. Half of the walk zone for BCC is sent to Blair.
DP. And the Silver Spring parts of BCC are rezoned to Whitman in option 3.
Also a very long bus ride
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:37
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Objectively it is 6.5 miles. MCPS currently considers 4 miles “far” and that only happens in less-population-dense areas of the county. The average around SS and CC is 1.5 miles from student to school.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 09:35
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
This is false and has been discussed extensively upthread.
I have gone to Blair from Chevy Chase in a car on the regular. It is often 30 min in a car if not taking 495. Easily 45 min in a bus.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 08:34
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Balancing out the FARMS rate between Woodward and WJ is a means of promoting similar education quality at both schools. All options ignore this.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 07:54
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Some of bcc is in silver spring.
Yes but option 3 takes kids who can presently walk and do walk to BCC and ships them to Blair. Half of the walk zone for BCC is sent to Blair.
That is as dumb as bussing Farmland kids (walk zone to Woodward) all the way to Kennedy. Kids like to walk with their friends fyi - to the PP who said they’ll enjoy the bus ride.
Lol
Anonymous
06/23/2025 07:53
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Lol at 45 minutes.
I know you have never been that way but Blair is a 14 minute drive from Chevy Chase. Obviously, there will be stops they have to make to pick up kids, but if there are 30 minutes of stops then a lot of bus rides must currently be 45 minutes.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 07:37
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Some of bcc is in silver spring.
Yes but option 3 takes kids who can presently walk and do walk to BCC and ships them to Blair. Half of the walk zone for BCC is sent to Blair.
DP. And the Silver Spring parts of BCC are rezoned to Whitman in option 3.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 07:32
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
No one wants 45 min bus rides except MCPS.
Anonymous
06/23/2025 07:06
Subject: Initial boundary options for Woodward study area are up
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can we just get back to focusing on the boudnary study please.
Still find it stupid and wasteful to move kids from walkers to 45 minute bus riders.
Lol at the notion that the kids of $500k HHI parents are walking 1.5 miles to school. They'll get to Kennedy faster on the bus, they'll be thrilled.
That’s not what is referenced. Try BCC shipped to Blair.
Some of bcc is in silver spring.
Yes but option 3 takes kids who can presently walk and do walk to BCC and ships them to Blair. Half of the walk zone for BCC is sent to Blair.
That is as dumb as bussing Farmland kids (walk zone to Woodward) all the way to Kennedy. Kids like to walk with their friends fyi - to the PP who said they’ll enjoy the bus ride.