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[quote=Anonymous]I’m also in MCPS. I have a neighbor whose son accidentally got on the wrong bus as a first grader. When the bus entered our neighborhood, but deviated from our route, he decided that he’d better get off at the next stop and try to walk to his house. Unfortunately, he went in the wrong direction — away from his house. Luckily, when her son didn’t get off the bus, neighbor got in her car and headed to the school, and while driving there, she spotted her son walking along the sidewalk in our neighborhood. Understandably, neighbor was very upset that her son was allowed to get off a bus he’d never been on before (this wasn’t even at the beginning of the school year, when the driver may not know all the kids yet) without anyone there to meet him. She spoke with the bus depot and our principal and they basically felt that there was nothing that the driver could/should have done differently.

You need to do 2 things: make an arrangement with a neighbor at the bus stop that you will look out for each other’s kids, and teach your own kids that they need to speak up to the driver and get back on the bus if neither you nor your helpful neighbor is waiting there at the bus stop. The families at our bus stop have all become very friendly and we look out for each other. I have multiple people who I can text if I’m running late and I need someone to collect my kids and watch them for 5 minutes until I can get there, and they know I’d do the same for them.[/quote]

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