Middle/high school pick-up parents: this is what you actually do with your time?
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Anonymous
Would they fail even if they knew the math? |
Anonymous
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On the rare occasion I picked up and was super early, although never an hour, it was because one of my kids had an appt after school and I didn’t have time to wait for the bus. Also, if I left work early and there was no traffic or was coming from an appointment of my own, I wasn’t driving all the way home for a few minutes only to leave again. So I worked in the car or read or made a phone call while I waited for school to end.
But thanks for having enough time to notice what everyone else is doing and making quick judgements. |
Anonymous
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I wouldn't even have thought of judging, OP. Maybe there's a last-period teacher who is out, and those kids told their parents to pick them up early? |
Anonymous
The work is done and turned in during class time. If you’re not there and it is not an excused absence, you don’t do the work. Bye. |
Anonymous
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Who volunteers for things at middle school?! Cringe. My kids would die of embarrassment- and they feel sorry for the few kids whose parents volunteer to chaperone dances and parties etc. Elementary school only!
I pick up my middle schooler because he isn’t eligible for the bus (attending a interdistrict middle school). He rode the bus in elementary and will in HS. My kids ride the bus when eligible (unless there is a valid reason they need to be picked up). I don’t enter the lot (nightmare!) but instead pick him up at a meeting spot nearby. That said- why do you care if people are sitting in their cars? I get the sense most are working/on calls. An hour seems excessive but traffic can be unpredictable I suppose. |
Anonymous
Well I sit in my EV and my kid doesn't have bus service so !??! |
Anonymous
Ok. Enjoy your tiny power trip. |
Anonymous
| Probably not the case with middle schoolers (most don’t have such a large age gap) but I purposely did this for a year when my youngest was 2-3. Pickup time for older sibling (no bus available) interfered with his afternoon nap. So I’d arrive 45-60 min early (he’d fall asleep on the way) and enjoy some peace and quiet. I’d read a book or play on my phone- a little afternoon mini break for me and a rested toddler. Win-win. I’d nearly always have the car engine off however. |
Anonymous
| Perhaps it is something like this - kid has to be picked up when school ends at 2:40 for a 3:15 dentist appointment. Parent has a work meeting to attend via zoom from 2-2:30 so arrives in pickup line at 1:55 so he/she can safety attend the meeting and do pickup. I have had to do things like this before. |
Anonymous
Our school banned this, after having so many problems. No pickup allowed within an hour of dismissal (I think that is what is is) unless an emergency. Parents were picking up early every day to get their kid to activities, in some cases! Crazy. |
Anonymous
| My kids walk to school (uphill both ways) rain or shine, but I see legitimate reason people might arrive early for the carpool line (namely being able to get in and out quickly to get to an activity or appointment). Better get their early and wait, catch up on work emails on your phone, call your elderly mother, or enjoy a bit of time zoning out playing candy crush or listening to an audio book than sitting in the traffic. I’m with you on turning engines off though. |
Anonymous
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Similar happens at our K-8, but it’s usually either grandparents who don’t work, so they have time to kill waiting in line, or as pp’s mentioned, the child has to rush off to an activity. Seems weird to me, but to each their own.
We started sending my dd to extended day this year because we’re juggling pickup of her brother at high school, and honestly I really appreciate how much easier it is to just zip in and pick her up at the end of the day instead of waiting in that long pickup line. |
Anonymous
Yeah, sure. For a line 20-plus deep a full hour before dismissal. Every day. 
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Anonymous
| No, we weren't offered a bus as we were just under the two mile rule. My kid would have to cross several major roads and walk with no sidewalks. Often, we have to go to sports directly after school. What do I do? Watch a movie, play a game, browse the web, catch up on emails. Why do you care? |
Anonymous
+1 |