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In my area this was actually a logistical thing. Other schools in the area bussed children at different hours. I don't think people are considering this realit

In my area this was actually a logistical thing. Other schools in the area bussed children at different hours. I don't think people are considering this reality in this debate. I am not advocating for anything.

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
> Other schools in the area bussed children at different hours. Do you mean other schools in your school district or schools in other districts?
- vmception 6y ago
  other schools in my school district. it was just a crowded and large area. a single high school even put 9th graders in a totally different building and location. It was basically middle middle school. All the levels of school had different start and end times to accommodate, and there were many schools at each level with overlapping bussing.
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    Any changes made would be district wide. We probably got here (counterproductive start times) by making budgets the first consideration - with literally everything else following it. It also explains why we segment kids by age.
Retric 6y ago
Adding more buss drivers is relatively cheap. Bussing is ~3% of the total cost of primary school.
- garmaine 6y ago
  One bus can’t be in two places at once, no matter how many drivers you have.
  - Retric 6y ago
    That 3% already includes busses, maintenance, fuel etc.
    - garmaine 6y ago
      Amortized. If you wanted to double the bus fleet at once, that would be a heck of a budgetary challenge.
      - Retric 6y ago
        The physical buss represents ~1 year worth of the cost of bussing students up front. Financing that isn’t a major issue for most local governments. Again assuming there is some net benefit to the economy to offset this cost.
- notJim 6y ago
  I don't know if this is still happening, but there have definitely been issues with bus driver shortages. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/there-s-a-bus-driver-shortage-and-no-wonder https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/there-s-a...
  - deleted 6y ago
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- vmception 6y ago
  "hey, so I know the county board is cutting the maxed out education budget by 20% but hear me out, lets not do that and increase it by 3% permanently. I yield my time."

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago

> Other schools in the area bussed children at different hours. Do you mean other schools in your school district or schools in other districts?

vmception 6y ago
other schools in my school district. it was just a crowded and large area. a single high school even put 9th graders in a totally different building and location. It was basically middle middle school. All the levels of school had different start and end times to accommodate, and there were many schools at each level with overlapping bussing.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  Any changes made would be district wide. We probably got here (counterproductive start times) by making budgets the first consideration - with literally everything else following it. It also explains why we segment kids by age.

Retric 6y ago

Adding more buss drivers is relatively cheap. Bussing is ~3% of the total cost of primary school.

garmaine 6y ago
One bus can’t be in two places at once, no matter how many drivers you have.
- Retric 6y ago
  That 3% already includes busses, maintenance, fuel etc.
  - garmaine 6y ago
    Amortized. If you wanted to double the bus fleet at once, that would be a heck of a budgetary challenge.
    - Retric 6y ago
      The physical buss represents ~1 year worth of the cost of bussing students up front. Financing that isn’t a major issue for most local governments. Again assuming there is some net benefit to the economy to offset this cost.
notJim 6y ago
I don't know if this is still happening, but there have definitely been issues with bus driver shortages. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/there-s-a-bus-driver-shortage-and-no-wonder https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/there-s-a...
- deleted 6y ago
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vmception 6y ago
"hey, so I know the county board is cutting the maxed out education budget by 20% but hear me out, lets not do that and increase it by 3% permanently. I yield my time."