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06.18.08, 17:48 PM NY Schools
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By chance, is the mom here who posted on Inside Schools that NEST won't be busing from the Upper West Side? Please tell me what they said - now I'm feeling panicky. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.18.08, 05:48 PM Flag
 

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I am not her, but I just read that post and I immediately came here, thinking to post your exact question. This is getting a little scary. Does anyone know what the story is? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 05:51 PM Flag
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OP, and my only guess is that she lives in way northern Manhattan, outside the 5.5 mile limit. I hope she doesn't mean there aren't any cross-district buses again next year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 05:53 PM Flag
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I live in northern Manhattan and we're going to Anderson, which is why I'm a little concerned. DH asked Donna Smiley about the bus to our area during the tour in May, and she confirmed it was available. But now I'm hearing this about Nest and wondering if there is some new rule that they decided to institute. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 05:55 PM Flag
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Nope. NEST sounds like their just lazy and don't want to do the paperwork that Anderson always prepares for its students - mostly because A identifies as bringing together students from a diverse geographic slate rather than NEST that wanted to be a local school, but got labelled "citywide" for bureaucratic reasons. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:03 PM Flag
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NEST never wanted to be a local school - it fought that from day one. It was the LOCALS who wanted a local school, and thought they were being promised one [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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Maybe that's what the parents wanted, but the current principal has made it clear that the less she has to do, the better. She didn't want to have any part in admissions and she doesn't want any hassle in arranging busing. My BF is there and likes the classroom activity but can't stand the administration's attitude and laziness. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:11 PM Flag
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Not to defend them too much (esp. since I hated the principal at OH) but 1) I think it's kind of healthy for them not to want to deal with admissions. Not a bad thing to devote their limited time/resources to the curriculum, assuming that the DOE will send smart kids their way, and 2) I don't think busing was ever really up to them. There was no cross-district busing until midyear last year for ANY of the citywides. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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Anderson always had cross-district busing. For at least 18 years, probably 20. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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Maybe private busing, but def. not public free busing - they very specifically said that at the OH last year. You could prob. search this bd and see all the posts about it in the fall [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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You are talking about cross-borough which is a different thing. cross-district has always been available, kids from UES were bused to UWS. Kids from Bronx or Queens were not. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.19.08, 12:51 PM Flag
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np: The NEST principal took a stand. She was against the onsites. Her position was that the they allowed for too much abuse (considering the NEST history -- this was a reasoned position.) So she said, we don't need to select for personality, etc. Give us the smartest kids and we will educate them. Anderson had a history of busing which was grandfathered in when the DOE changed the rules. NEST is too new for this so they were stuck. This is my understanding of why the discrepancy. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.19.08, 12:57 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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Why wouldn't they? They are entitled to busing within 5 miles and within Manhattan. They must have at least 11 kids between the school and UWS for the Office of Pupil Transportation to create a route. It's ridiculous. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 05:55 PM Flag
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that's five miles including all the twists and turns. most parents outside that distance hire a private bus to cart the kids to and fro. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 05:57 PM Flag
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^^collectively with a designated pick-up and drop-off [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.18.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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IME, most kids outside of the 5 miles just take the kids to school or have babysitter or private service do it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.19.08, 12:52 PM Flag
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