Buses and bus depot snow removal
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Anonymous
I'm a DCUM poor, and even I equip my family properly for winter. You buy in November. If your kid changes shoe size over the winter, you curse and buy again as soon as you realize it. BTDT. |
Anonymous
NP. Don’t be obtuse, obviously it is not just one employee. People who don’t work in schools have no idea how many 12 month employees are in some schools. My school has a very high number out of necessity. |
Anonymous
And how are the roads where buses pass through? Looked like blocks of freezing rain. How will bus drivers turn around those snow banks? Will guardS be mitigating the intersections to assist bus drivers?! And the students who walk to and from school? And to the bus stops? Not everyone lives on a cul de sac. |
Anonymous
Take your crap over to the sites distributing meals last week. |
Anonymous
DCUM poor isn’t the issue. There are really poor people in the county. Including those who have never had to deal with snow and ice before. I grew up really poor. We got laughed at for wearing plastic bags over our shoes to try to stay dry. Fine, we got to school in the rain rather than sitting at home. However, you can’t climb a 2 foot mound of ice with plastic bags tied over your shoes. |
Anonymous
Most streets are fine. There may be some exceptional cases where buses have to modify their routes. People will manage. |
Anonymous
Thank you for sharing. More need to speak up. |
Anonymous
Your kids don't ride a school bus. Got it. |
Anonymous
I did, too. That's not how you do it. You put the plastic bags *inside* the shoes to keep your feet dry. I find it hard to believe someone would actually do it the other way. Obviously that isn't going to work. The plastic would just tear. |
Anonymous
My husband has been climbing them with his very worn sneakers all week. The ones with holes in them. At this point they're rock-hard, so it's not like you can sink in the mire or anything. And most of the ones I've encountered on my walks with my dog already have steps formed into them by other people - you just need to step in those and you can get up and down easily. Not a big deal at all. What could be dangerous is slipping into the street and getting hit by a vehicle. I hope everyone stays safe at bus stops! |
Anonymous
They don't now, but they used it to. I've been through the days of occasionally having to come back and drive them because the bus never showed up. You can too if it really comes to that, but it probably won't. The bus might honk at your kids from a block away and they'll walk over. More likely it will be business-as-usual. |
Anonymous
DP. Nah kids who needed this method did it both ways. |
Anonymous
I guess the district could send out some common-sense approaches to dealing with snow, but are people really that dense here? I think the reactions are driven more by fear/anxiety than ignorance. |
Anonymous
I've seen plastic bags used many times. I've never seen someone try to put them outside the shoes. That isn't going to work. It will tear, and before it tears, you're going to fall. If you've seen people in Maryland do that, to maybe we do need to send a mass email out telling people what not to do. I have seen plastic bags inside shoes. Then you just don't wear shoes at your desk, or, ideally, you bring a second set of old shoes. |
Anonymous
Source? |