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How are parents supposed to get their children prepared or take them to school in office hours?

• jsnellink 17y ago
  How are parents supposed to pick their children up during office hours? Combined with the option of riding a bus, I don't think it makes parent's lives any more difficult. Without a bus, I can see it being a big problem for many families, though.
  • eru 17y ago
    What happened to bicycles?
    • warfangle 17y ago
      Well, my High School was about 20 miles driving distance away from my home. Much of that along a limited access highway. I suppose I could have biked it, but avoiding the limited access highway adds 10 miles onto the trip and detours you through some fairly rough neighborhoods. Doubt a bicycle would have helped, there.
      • jrockway 17y ago
        What ever happened to schools in your neighborhood? Oh yeah, McMansions.
      • eru 17y ago
        Yes, I knew that my comment outed me as a smug European.
  • josefresco 17y ago
    Even with a bus, not every parent can leave for work at 8:00-ish (even 9) and assume/hope their kids will get up, ready and off to school on time.
    • MrFoof 17y ago
      Not sure about kids today, but if my sister and I ever did that growing up we'd be grounded for at least 2 weeks. Granted my mom stood at home, but we'd still be liable for a whoopin' if we pulled such a stunt. Grades lower than a B? Not doing homework? Detention? We knew never to let any of that happen. That was the story for most kids I knew. I'm not talking about the 60s either, but rather the late 80s and the 90s. I'm still fairly certain that was the end of the era where you really were expected to straighten up and fly right. When the high school pared down course difficulty from 5 levels (plus AP) to 3, and eventually 1 causing the top teachers to retire or quit in frustration. When No Child Left Behind warped into justifiable laziness and also ensuring no other child can dare get ahead. I'd also like to take the time to point out that I lived at the bottom of a hill, and the school was on the opposite side. So yes I did walk uphill, both ways, in winter.
  • encoderer 17y ago
    Here's the trouble.. School start times for Elementary, Middle and High School need to be staggered. Otherwise they'd need a lot more buses. But if you put grade school kids at the earlier start time, you'll have little kids that take the bus standing outside in the dark. That is not good. In some communities with a bus mass transit service you can start HS at the same time as grade school by putting the HS kids on the transit buses. That works--the buses aren't as regulated, but it works. But school districts where this is possible are probably just a fraction.
    • idoh 17y ago
      In San Francisco Unified there isn't a high school bus system, and the classes still start at 7:30 AM. It has more to do with hidebound teachers and admins.
      • encoderer 17y ago
        Of course, not having a high school bus system doesn't defacto mean you'll start class late. But bussing high school kids means you can't, unless you want to...(see my OP)
    • pbhjpbhj 17y ago
      >"you'll have little kids that take the bus standing outside in the dark" And? Why can't they stand in the dark - if it's a big problem for the parents they could walk them to the bus stop.