I have never been so mad in my life....

[Tonya]

Originally posted by caseysmom
Tonya...here in my area I have to pay $240.00 per child for bus service...do you have to pay?

We don't have to pay for the bus service. If I had to pay $240, I'd just hire the neighbor!

[carole]

Tonya I would be livid as well, and I would not be putting my child near a bus ever again, I had a slight problem with our public system, My daughter was often not picked up to come home, it is not far to walk so it was ok, but she was upset, when I complained they sent me three free bus tickets, it did happen again, and they made excuses this time, so now she just walks to and from, which is fine, but she is 12.

This is so appalling, I cannot believe their casual attitude towards it, anything could have happened to Jaden, too close a call for my liking Tonya, I say forget the bus and drive him there.

Thank goodness he is safe, someone was looking after him thats for sure.

[caseysmom]

I don't really mind the money considering gas prices and my kids jr high is about a 15 minute drive...long story but we bought in an expensive neighborhood that knew they wouldn't get the outragous prices for the houses if they went to the closer jr high...anyhow the issue I have is the afternoon driver is new and a total jerk, my daughters friend was late to get to the bus and he had just closed the doors (her fault I realize) but the jerk started to laugh at her...he just totally lowers himself to their level.

[prechrswife]

I am a teacher, and that whole situation is absolutely appalling! I would have been furious. I'm glad he is okay, and that he seems to be handling things well.

[Tonya]

Well, he made it home on a bus today. Yay! His teacher was reprimanded which is total b.s. It's not her fault. She can't walk 30 kids to their buses and parent's cars.

[prechrswife]

I'm glad things were better today. There are some schools that do expect a teacher to make sure that all of their students get in the right car or on the right bus. Sometimes mistakes do happen. However, it can be done and done correctly. She should have, at least, made sure that none of her students were left before she returned to the classroom. It does sound, though, like his teacher was not the only one at fault, by far. Most school where I have worked have had duty teachers who were responsible for getting the students to the proper buses each afternoon. If a child missed his/her bus, the duty teachers would take the child to the school office and the parents would be contacted. It sounds like there was a breakdown on several fronts in your situation. If it happens again, I would conact your school board representative.

[flamepony12]

wow~ i would be P-I- DOUBLE S'ed! I'm glad that he made it home~ If that happened again I would go and pick him up myself~ unless there's no way you can do that. I would TOTALLY understand why he would be petrified! I would be too!

[Tonya]

Have you ever gotten to the point, where you are so frustrated that you just start laughing? You kind of get to the point where you are soooo at wit's end that you don't care anymore?

Well, Jaden has been riding the bus with no problems for a couple of weeks now. I pick him up at the bus stop everyday. He'd been begging me to let him walk home from the bus stop by himself. I was nervous about it, but today was the big day. I told him that I would not come to pick him up at the bus stop, he could walk home.

So, I sat home, nervously waiting for him. He showed up at home just when I'd expected him. He was all proud that he was a big boy. I asked him if he had any trouble, if he looked both ways when crossing the street, etc... All that normal paranoid mommy stuff. "Nope! No problems, mom! I stayed on the sidewalk and was very careful."

So, we're sitting there chatting a few hours later, and Jaden nonchalantly goes "The bus driver doesn't go to Ustach (the name of the bus stop) anymore. She dropped us off somewhere else."

I said "So, where? Right outside of Ustach?"

"No."

"At the park next to Ustach?"

"No."

"Jaden, please tell me she at least dropped you off on the same street as Ustach."

"No, but it's ok. I was able to find my way home."

I just calmly looked at him and said "Ok. Isn't that nice. Glad to hear that you made it home."

We went for a drive right now so that he could show me where she dropped them off. It is about 2 blocks further away then his regular bus stop. -A little further then I'd have allowed him to walk alone (I was already pushing my limit). He's on holiday now. I guess I'll deal with that issue when school resumes.

[Jods]

Jezzz what kind of people are they?? What if you were waiting at his bus stop???

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

OMG I can't bvelieve all the trouble you've been through with this bus thing, Tonya! What if he got lost or something happened to him?! You'd have no idea where to look or what if you were waiting for him at the regular stop and the bus never came? I hope you can do something about all this nonsense!!! I feel so awful for you

[gini]

I just had a call from my ten year old niece back east.

She said her school bus had an accident. The bus driver made the turn too sharp and hit a parked car.

My niece "whispered into the phone to me" the bus driver kept saying "s h _ _" and "d a _ _".

She didn't want Mom and Dad to know she had heard those words.

Everyone was safe.

Tonya, I think you have BIG TIME problems with your school bus situation. They changed the route and no one told you.
So what if you HAD been sitting at the old stop and waited and waited for your son's bus to arrive? There is a lack of concern and responsibility here that I find very disturbing.

The media would have a field day with this stuff!