Getting to School
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Anyone Else Having Problems with Bus Reliability?
Asked by M.J. from Chicago
on September 23, 2009
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We would like my oldest son to take the bus to his high school. His school is less than 1 mile away, but you have to cross a 4 lane busy road that doesn't have a cros...
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- I am too the only way to deal with it is to put pressure on the school district and bus company. I end up having to wait anywhere between 10-45 minutes to get my son ...
- We had the same problem with my daughter's bus. The bus would pick up at the DesPlaines Metra station and take the kids to Loyola high school in Wilmette. It hardly ev...
- How does your son feel about this? If he doesn't mind waiting then settle on the bus until you have fought it out with the bus co. Of course I never knew a teenager wh...
Do You Walk Them to Their Class Room??
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on September 1, 2011
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So first day of First Grade at Public School is in the books.
At the Private school the Parents were required to walk the kids into their room and then pick them up...
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- My daughter started kindergarten last week. They allowed parents to walk them to their classroom for the first two days and then Wednesday was "independence day". At...
- By first grade I would the first couple of d ays just to make sure he knew where to go but after that id let him be a big boy and go by himself. Hope he has A great d...
- In our elementary it was parent choice, as well (classroom doors were outside). About half the parents walked to and waited in K (although we all stood at a distance o...
When Is the Magical Age When Kids Can Walk Themselves Home from the Bus Stop????
Asked by K.N. from Harrisburg
on February 7, 2011
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Hi. My daughter is 8 1/2 yrs old ( responsible for her age). We live in a small neighborhood with tons of kids, everyone knows each other by name and whose kids bel...
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- My son is 8 next month. We can see the bus stop from our front door so he "thinks" he is walking home alone. His buddy in 3rd grade still gets met at the sop because...
- I haven't read the other responses.....so forgive if I'm repeating. My son is 5 (almost 6) and BEGGED me to let him walk home from the bus stop. However, ours is onl...
- Thirty? I see elementary children walking home from school in the neighborhood. Some of them seem as young as eight. But they're walking with siblings or friends....
Bus Bullies
Asked by M.F. from Decatur
on September 4, 2008
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My 5 yo is riding the bus for the first time this year. Every day he comes home and tells me that an older child calls him a dumbbutt everyday. Today my son came hom...
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- The school and the bus driver need to know. I thought some schools (especially with young children riding the bus) have "assistants" on the bus so the bus driver isn't...
- yOU CAN REPORT IT TO THE BUS DRIVER AND TEACHER. ALSO, TEACH YOUR SON TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK. HE'LL NEED TO IN ORDER TO GET ALONG WITH ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE IN LIFE.
- In my district, parents either call each other and try to settle it or they call the principal. The bus can be a very unsupervised place where many bad behaviors come...
At What Age Can Your Child Wait for the Bus Alone?
Asked by R.P. from Philadelphia
on August 25, 2011
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A few months ago I wrote about transportation budget cuts and the possibility that my son might have to switch schools because bus service in our neighborhood might be...
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- Hook it up with one of the other parents! Not a few people "keeping an eye" on your son. One particular parent who does this for you guys on a daily basis. You drop yo...
- I think it really depends on your son, but I certainly walked a mile plus to school at this age. And things are safer now (despite what the media would have you belie...
- When one of my neighbor friends went back to work, I let her son come to my house to wait with my son. Surely there is a mom in your neighborhood that would do that f...
13 Year Old Missing Shool Bus
Asked by A.M. from Ocala
on October 20, 2006
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I have a 13 year old son who recently has been missing the school bus alot. He missed 5 days at beginning of school because he missed the bus. I get physically sick ...
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- Hi A.: I think your idea is a good one. Maybe you could do it for about a month and then tell him you can try to let him get on the bus himself again, but if he start...
- You might ask him about any problems on the bus. My 13 year old prefers to ride his bike or walk the 2 miles to school rather than put up with the kids on the bus. ...
- well it really depends on what the problem is.is he just not getting up on time? or is it deliberate? if it's just not getting up on time you may just need to make a f...
Vehicle Big Enough for Family and Carpool
Asked by S.S. from Salt Lake City
on March 14, 2008
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We will buy a car this year and would like more space. I know the Suburban and 12-15 passenger vans can seat more people but what are some other options for a larger ...
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- Don't know how many seatbelts you need. We have a chevy Venture minivan. It has 8 seatbelts--we have teens and they do fine.
- A Honda Pilot will hold 8 and is economical on gas. It is expensive to buy, but they are nice. We own a 15 passenger Chevy Express Van. I love it. I use it for work, b...
- When I opened up a daycare I ran into the same issue of needing a bigger vehicle. My husband picked out a suburban for me and I didn't like the idea of having one. But...
Kindergarten Student on Bus for Almost 2 Hours.
Asked by A.L. from Steubenville
on August 28, 2008
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Does anyone happen to know what the laws are on how long a child can be on a bus. My 6 year old son is in Kindergarten and was on the bus for almost 2 hours yesterday....
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- This is from the Ohio Dept. of Ed. Website, Pupil Transportation http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=1637&ContentI...
- I wish I had encouraging words for you, but I don't. My daughter is in 2nd grade and has NEVER been on the bus. I take her and pick her up everyday. I have been beh...
- I do know that last year we had busing prolems and had to switch my daughter to the afternoon program, the school forced us, she had been in the morning program, due t...
1St Grader on Bus 1St Day of School or NOT?
Asked by D.D. from Denver
on August 9, 2012
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We will be taking my son to meet and greet his 1st grade teacher. We will be taking his school supplies. He is returning to the same school he went to last year, so he...
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- Has he ridden the school bus before or would this be his first time? How does HE feel about riding the bus - excited or nervous? If he rode it in kindergarten, I don...
- I don't understand why you WOULDN'T put him on the bus with all the other kids. I can't believe the school will have hallways full of parents - what a nightmare and w...
- At my kids' school... on the FIRST day of school especially, the parents like to take their child and walk their child to class. And to take photos of this important d...
Opinions on Taking the Bus Vs. Walking to School and More...
Asked by D.K. from Wichita
on January 13, 2010
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I am trying to figure out where we'd like to send our son to kindergarten next year and there are so many great choices. Besides the reputation and success of the sch...
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- honestly if they are both good schools i think the rest is up to you. what works best with your schedule, etc. be grateful you are in a position to choose, and go with...
- Where we live we only have the opption to the school district that we live in unless we want to send our child to private school and have to provide the transportation...
- Good Morning D.,I see you live in Wichita. I may be a fuddy duddy, but I have a hard time letting a small child walk to school or even ride a bus, unless there is some...
