Comments on: “Everything’s on the Table” – Albemarle County Schools Budget http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/27/everythings-on-the-table-albemarle-county-schools-budget/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/27/everythings-on-the-table-albemarle-county-schools-budget/#comment-28656 Jim Duncan Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:40:34 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/27/everythings-on-the-table-albemarle-county-schools-budget/#comment-28656 I absolutely agree about kids being picked up at centralized bus stops, and think the benefits far outweigh the negatives. They might gain a little bit of independence, meet their neighbors, save gas and money ... Thanks for correcting my light bulb ideas. I absolutely agree about kids being picked up at centralized bus stops, and think the benefits far outweigh the negatives. They might gain a little bit of independence, meet their neighbors, save gas and money …

Thanks for correcting my light bulb ideas.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/27/everythings-on-the-table-albemarle-county-schools-budget/#comment-28636 Waldo Jaquith Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:15 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2009/11/27/everythings-on-the-table-albemarle-county-schools-budget/#comment-28636 Kids should be picked up at the entrance to subdivisions not because it'll save money (it won't, at least not meaningfully—bus drivers are paid poorly, and that'll save very little fuel), but because kids are fatter and lazier than ever. I had a 3/4 mile walk to my bus stop when I went to Western, and I'd frequently get off at Maupin's and walk a couple of miles home. I few times I actually walked to school (13 miles), just to make a point. Turning off lights "methodically and religiously" would be a terrible idea, if they're using florescent bulbs (which they almost all are)—the life of florescent bulbs, compact or otherwise, is shortened dramatically by turning it off on and off frequently. Any room where you intend to toggle the lights frequently shouldn't have CFLs, but instead incandescent bulbs, for that very reason. Kids should be picked up at the entrance to subdivisions not because it’ll save money (it won’t, at least not meaningfully—bus drivers are paid poorly, and that’ll save very little fuel), but because kids are fatter and lazier than ever. I had a 3/4 mile walk to my bus stop when I went to Western, and I’d frequently get off at Maupin’s and walk a couple of miles home. I few times I actually walked to school (13 miles), just to make a point.

Turning off lights “methodically and religiously” would be a terrible idea, if they’re using florescent bulbs (which they almost all are)—the life of florescent bulbs, compact or otherwise, is shortened dramatically by turning it off on and off frequently. Any room where you intend to toggle the lights frequently shouldn’t have CFLs, but instead incandescent bulbs, for that very reason.

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