Administrative Changes? Wrote:
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> I have just discovered the FCPS transportation
> task force has not been given copies of actual bus
> routes [ see the task force web site]. That is
> quite silly because those routes in conjunction
> with boundary maps would shed light on much of
> this or any other area requiring citizen input for
> operational efficiency.
>
> From some on-line routes, I have just discovered
> that a bus rolls through the far south western
> Forestville attendance area which is Herndon -
> includes some loads with Reston addresses and then
> traipses into what now is known as the Madison
> Island then hops on over straight to Kilmer.
>
> There's another bus that loads up Langley pyramid
> middleschoolers that live in Herndon or Great
> Falls NEAR HERNDON HS that lugs them all the way
> to Kilmer. Both of these are dedicated runs so in
> addition to bussing most kids in those
> neighborhoods all the way to Cooper near Langley,
> people are also stuck with bussing others to a GT
> center near Tysons - Kilmer.
>
> Strauss/Gibson have us all paying for this. Some
> boundaries need to be changed.
>
> Click, click on bus routes, then read 60 and 61
> and weep. I want a tax refund on this:
>
http://www.fcps.edu/KilmerMS/kilmera-z/buses.html
That is very frustrating, especially since the Hughes GT center could easily absorb those students. I have always maintained that folks receiving special services should not be picky about where those services are located - after all, they receive them on the backs of others.
Unfortunately, that is probably a very small group of students, but every little bit helps.