I hate getting stuck behind a school bus!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate when the school bus stops in front of an individuals home and that child is not ready. The bus has stopped to wait and put out it's sign. Now the rest of us have to wait for the child to exit the front door and board the bus.

I have no issues waiting for the bus and the children when the children are at the bus stop waiting to board the bus as it arrives. I'm even patient when the the straggling kid comes running towards the bus.

But if you have the luxury of waiting inside your front door for the bus, you should be ready to go when it pulls up. I should not have to wait 3-4 min for your departure.

The only kids who get door to door transportation are those with significant disabilities. If you have hw luxury of a kid who can attend their local school and walk to the regular stop you should stop complaining about other people’s “luxuries”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ME TOO! Especially the ‘one kid’ houses and the kid is nowhere to be found. Should be a rule-you’re not visible when the bus arrives, bus is leaving.

It is in my district and it does make a difference. When we lived in VA I hated that the buses waited.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the worst!!! And my kid takes the bus! It’s still so damn annoying!

OMG suburban drama queens. The horror of being stuck in your comfortable car not exceeding the speed limit every single moment! Hopefully your radio and phone won't breakdown while you are stuck behind a school bus!

OMG internet drama queens. The horror of someone having an opinion different from yours! Hopefully you didn’t flick off a key to your keyboard or drop your smartphone as you frantically type this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ME TOO! Especially the ‘one kid’ houses and the kid is nowhere to be found. Should be a rule-you’re not visible when the bus arrives, bus is leaving.

I'm surprised this isn't a rule already. I mean if they're inside their house then it's not like they're going to freeze to death that day if they miss the bus. What does the bus do if the kid is sick that day and not going to school? Eventually they'd have to give up and drive off, right?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when the school bus stops in front of an individuals home and that child is not ready. The bus has stopped to wait and put out it's sign. Now the rest of us have to wait for the child to exit the front door and board the bus.

I have no issues waiting for the bus and the children when the children are at the bus stop waiting to board the bus as it arrives. I'm even patient when the the straggling kid comes running towards the bus.

But if you have the luxury of waiting inside your front door for the bus, you should be ready to go when it pulls up. I should not have to wait 3-4 min for your departure.

The only kids who get door to door transportation are those with significant disabilities. If you have hw luxury of a kid who can attend their local school and walk to the regular stop you should stop complaining about other people’s “luxuries”.

I wrote the above post. My kid was placed in a different environment in order to deliver his IEP services. I have him ready 5 min before the buses expected arrival. We watch from the window. When we see the bus turn down our street, coat and backpack go on and he’s out the door. When the bus arrives at our house, he is usually waiting by the curb. If it is raining, he runs outside when the bus arrives in front of our house.

I have no issues waiting behind the bus for children with mobility issues. But for a child that I can see walk themselves into the bus everyday, yes, I think they should be ready to go and not make the rest of us wait.

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't get why the buses all seem to stop so often these days?

It is not at all rare for a bus picking up kids in a residential neighborhood to average about 4-5 stops every 1/4 of a mile & for these stops to not even be separated by any major crossroads -- or, oftentimes, any crossroads at all. Since they are not needed to prevent kids from having to cross major roads, why on earth are these extremely frequent bus stops necessary? Can kids really no longer be expected to walk more than 100 feet max twice a day?

And before anyone accuses me of being insensitive, I am obviously not referring to kids with special needs who have legitimate reasons for being unable to walk more than 100 feet.

Because you don't want your kid walking 1/8 of a mile or 1/4 of a mile in the dark in snow on icy roads with no curbs during winter.

This might be a valid reason where you live (though only really for the first run routes) but I live somewhere where, other than kids in out-of-district special needs programs -- who are nowhere near so plentiful that buses are stopping every hundred feet or so to pick them up -- ,only kids in high school qualify for bussing. This eliminates the need for staggered start times &, combined with the fact that none of the bus routes are very long, means that even the earliest pick-up times are much later than they are many other places. As a result,no kids are getting picked up along these routes while it is still dark out, regardless of the time of year. Yet the bus stops are still extremely close together.

How wonderful for you wherever you live Back to DCUM. The routes are set by the counties in the fall according to number of students and stops and per the darker months of the winter. In No. Virginia, it is dark when my child leaves for the bus stop. Black dark. no street lights. no side walks. And we often have snow and ice. I escort her to the stop just in case a car doesn't see her or overshoots and plows into her in a snowbank. That's why there are stops every 1/4 of a mile as OP stated.

"Often have snow and ice" oh stop being a drama queen. Schools always cancel with the threat of snow or ice anyway.

[Anonymous]

The kids that can't get off the bus in timely manner drive me crazy

[Anonymous]

My child gets picked up at our house and his bus ride is 1.5 hours each way. The bus is often 15+ min early or late due to the length of the route and distance between stops. He has to be buckled into a special seat once he is on the bus. The number of assholes who honk at his bus have really killed my faith in the future of humanity. Including a guy who lives a few houses down and *knows our child is in a wheelchair*. Thanks, neighbor.

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Those moms walking their kids to the bus door, and sometimes to the seat, and chatting with the driver while we are behind the bus...counting every second to get our own kids on time to school.

[Anonymous]

I also love when parents need to have a 5 minute conversation with the bus driver at pick up and/or drop off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also love when parents need to have a 5 minute conversation with the bus driver at pick up and/or drop off.

This is when I honk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those moms walking their kids to the bus door, and sometimes to the seat, and chatting with the driver while we are behind the bus...counting every second to get our own kids on time to school.

Why? Is it the school bus that’s not good enough for you? Or the public school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also love when parents need to have a 5 minute conversation with the bus driver at pick up and/or drop off.

Yes, they are the worst

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Anonymous wrote:It's surprising that they aren't encouraged to pull over a couple of times per route to let people pass legally (i.e. without the doors open and without the no passing signs/lights).

Why would they do this? So impatient people can get to work 10 seconds faster? You do realize in congested areas (which is pretty much the entire DMV) that speeding makes almost no difference?

I suggest you hop on that school bus with the children so it can take you to kindergarten. You need to re-learn how to measure time.

Oh, and the moms engaging in conversation with the bus driver. This is when I leave. Been doing it for 20 years and have yet to receive a single warning.

[Anonymous]

I’m a teacher & I hate it. And yes, both of my kids take the bus.