Suburbanites are Gonna Suburbanite! - Cuts to CBE Bus Service

[klumsy_tumbler]

All of this nonsense makes me so happy that I went to school in a small town... Good grief.

[Robin Goodfellow]

Originally posted by rage2

I'm pretty sure times have changed, and that you'll probably go to jail and they'll take the kids away if you did that today.

Such a situation has happened in my own family last week.

We had a relative threatening to call child services on us if we let our kids wait at the bus stop on their own. They felt that we were being irresponsible and putting our children at risk.

To the contrary, we are very mindful in how we raise our children, and look for opportunities for them to gain confidence and independence in a supported manner.

Said relative was finally de-escalated, but it took up a lot of time and energy... and some bad feelings linger.

The message was sent very clearly who the parents are, and who the parents are not.... But some folks just feel responsible for everything they see.

The busybodies are not always strangers.

[gogreen]

I'd like to say I was a badass as a kid but as it turns out I only had to walk 1.2 km. I was in Grade 1 at the time though, and we did have to trudge through a field. Got my boot stuck in the mud there once.

Good times.

[speedog]

Originally posted by rage2

And before anyone brings in the "inner city schools are empty", those are the ones with the longest wait list and lowest lottery chances.

Not necessarily so, we're only 3 miles out from downtown and have CBE schools at all 3 levels within walking distance (under 1 mile) and there's no lottery at all in any of those schools.

[suntan]

Alternative program schools that currently conduct lotteries

Montessori Captain John Palliser School K-6)
Dalhousie School (Spanish Bilingual K-4)
Highwood School (Mandarin Bilingual K-4)
Langevin School (Science K-9)
Collingwood School (Spanish Bilingual K-4)
Col. Sanders School (TLC 1-4)
Dr. J.K. Mulloy School (TLC K-4)
Thorncliffe School (TLC K-1)
Chief Justice Milvain (TLC K-5)
Chris Akkerman School (TLC K-5)
Glamorgan School (TLC K-9)
Willow Park School Arts (Centred Learning 5-9)
Midnapore School (Mandarin Bilingual K-6)
Lake Bonavista School (Montessori K-6)
Fairview School (TLC 5-9)
Le Roi Daniels School (TLC K-4)

Alternative program schools TBD for the 2015-2016 school year (in addition to schools noted above)

WO Mitchell (Spanish Bilingual K-1)
Thorncliffe (TLC K-1)
Killarney (Montessori K-6)
Eugene Coste (Spanish Bilingual K-2)
Louis Riel (Science K-9)
Canyon Meadows (Spanish Bilingual K-4)

Regular program schools that can’t accommodate all students currently

Edgemont School (K-6)
Royal Oak School (K-4)
Simon Fraser School (5-9)
Cambrian Heights (K-6)
Panorama School (K-3)
Captain Nichola Goddard (4-9)
Crossing Park School (K-9)
Taradale School (K-4)
Olympic Heights School (K-6)
Battalion Park School (K-6)
West Springs (K-6)
Cranston School (K-4)
McKenzie Towne School (K-4)

Regular Program Schools TBD for the 2015-2016 school year (in addition to schools noted above)

Twelve Mile Coulee (4-9) TBD
Saddle Ridge School (K-3) TBD
Rundle (K-6) TBD
Taradale (K-4)
Guy Weadick (K-4) 2nd Overflow TBD
Chaparral (K-6)
Evergreen School (K-4) TBD
David Thompson (5-9) TBD

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[speedog]

Soon this won't be an issue for us as the youngest has started grade 12. I'm sure there'll be other worries in the future but K-12 schooling is one big headache we'll be glad to be rid of.

[killramos]

Savings are likely coming from an hour or so of extra bus driver labor, as well as less gas from not driving around the neighborhood stopping and going.

I see where the savings are coming from

We should have a poll on how people's kids get to school and whether they are "inner city" or suburban.

[CompletelyNumb]

Do they have some sort of lease payment per stop with the city? I dont get how it can save anything, let alone 30%. Same kids, same destination. I doubt its that much less driving.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by rage2

And before anyone brings in the "inner city schools are empty", those are the ones with the longest wait list and lowest lottery chances.

I thought lottery only happens when you are outside the zone?

No?

I remember a colleague told me he moved from Mckenzie Towne to Douglasdale to get his kid into a school.

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[SOAB]

Originally posted by Robin Goodfellow


Such a situation has happened in my own family last week.

We had a relative threatening to call child services on us if we let our kids wait at the bus stop on their own. They felt that we were being irresponsible and putting our children at risk.

To the contrary, we are very mindful in how we raise our children, and look for opportunities for them to gain confidence and independence in a supported manner.

Said relative was finally de-escalated, but it took up a lot of time and energy... and some bad feelings linger.

The message was sent very clearly who the parents are, and who the parents are not.... But some folks just feel responsible for everything they see.

The busybodies are not always strangers.

holy shit. if someone in my friends/family circle ever said anything like that to me, they would never be allowed near me or my kids again.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Xtrema
I thought lottery only happens when you are outside the zone?

No?

Pretty sure my friends in Elgin were complaining that their daughter couldn't get into McKenzie Towne school due to losing the lottery.

EDIT: I misunderstood the difference between "walking zone" and "designated school". Kids are not guaranteed entrance to their designated school. Kids within the walking zone are given first priority.

[suntan]

Originally posted by Xtrema


I thought lottery only happens when you are outside the zone?

No?

No.

Some schools also don't take students from outside their designated area.

[HiTempguy1]

Originally posted by SOAB


holy shit. if someone in my friends/family circle ever said anything like that to me, they would never be allowed near me or my kids again.

No kidding

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by suntan
Alternative program schools that currently conduct lotteries

Montessori Captain John Palliser School K-6)
Dalhousie School (Spanish Bilingual K-4)
Highwood School (Mandarin Bilingual K-4)
Langevin School (Science K-9)
Collingwood School (Spanish Bilingual K-4)
Col. Sanders School (TLC 1-4)
Dr. J.K. Mulloy School (TLC K-4)
Thorncliffe School (TLC K-1)
Chief Justice Milvain (TLC K-5)
Chris Akkerman School (TLC K-5)
Glamorgan School (TLC K-9)
Willow Park School Arts (Centred Learning 5-9)
Midnapore School (Mandarin Bilingual K-6)
Lake Bonavista School (Montessori K-6)
Fairview School (TLC 5-9)
Le Roi Daniels School (TLC K-4)

Alternative program schools TBD for the 2015-2016 school year (in addition to schools noted above)

WO Mitchell (Spanish Bilingual K-1)
Thorncliffe (TLC K-1)
Killarney (Montessori K-6)
Eugene Coste (Spanish Bilingual K-2)
Louis Riel (Science K-9)
Canyon Meadows (Spanish Bilingual K-4)

Regular program schools that can’t accommodate all students currently

Edgemont School (K-6)
Royal Oak School (K-4)
Simon Fraser School (5-9)
Cambrian Heights (K-6)
Panorama School (K-3)
Captain Nichola Goddard (4-9)
Crossing Park School (K-9)
Taradale School (K-4)
Olympic Heights School (K-6)
Battalion Park School (K-6)
West Springs (K-6)
Cranston School (K-4)
McKenzie Towne School (K-4)

Regular Program Schools TBD for the 2015-2016 school year (in addition to schools noted above)

Twelve Mile Coulee (4-9) TBD
Saddle Ridge School (K-3) TBD
Rundle (K-6) TBD
Taradale (K-4)
Guy Weadick (K-4) 2nd Overflow TBD
Chaparral (K-6)
Evergreen School (K-4) TBD
David Thompson (5-9) TBD

I don't think there are any (maybe a couple?) that are considered inner-city. I thought I remembered hearing a year ago that St Marys was considering closing due to decreased enrollment. Don't know how true that was, though.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Xtrema
I thought lottery only happens when you are outside the zone?

No?

Correct. Kids needs to be bussed to these schools because there's no room in their designated schools. Some inner city schools don't even have lotteries, just wait lists, because they're full, so inner city kids in that area gets bussed to the suburbs.

[nzwasp]

I think there are 3 levels of lottery.

Best chance) walking distance or walking zone with siblings

Second best) not in walking distance but siblings in school

Worst) in bus zone and no siblings.

The worst level is the one I would be in for the public school for my designated zone.

I think also to get into the lottery you have to wait outside the school with your sleeping bag or some shit like that on the day that it starts, i could be wrong.

Walking zone is less than 1km from school I think.

Not on the topic but how many of you also have problems getting their kids into fucking swimming lessons....god so frustrating.