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[quote=Anonymous]Where I grew up, we walked to school about 2 miles, and nobody thought twice about it…

My kids are 1st and 3d grade.  They are the only kids at their bus stop.  The bus stop is about 3 long blocks from our house, and is not at all visible from our house.  They only ride in the pm.  I have always met their bus.  On Friday after my kids were off the bus and in my car, a truck I recognized as being a periodic visitor to the house next door to the bus stop began to follow me.  (The house next to the bus stop has always made me a bit “on alert” in that there are random people and vehicles constantly coming and going from it…)

Instead of driving straight home, I decided to take the long way to see if it was really following us.  It was, and it followed us through a very circuitous route over the course of about 10 minutes throughout our town… never flashing its lights, but definitely following us.  By now, my destination was the police station.  I was half-hoping the truck would keep up with me all the way but I “lost him” a few blocks from the police station.  I did not get a license plate number but will when I next see it.  I did go to the police, but without the tag number they couldn’t do much.

I informed my kids’ school on Monday morning, given that it happened at a school bus stop.  I also told the kids’ bus driver.  He knows the house and will get the tag number when/if he sees the truck.  School security can’t do anything about it since it did not occur on school property, but they will send an officer out when I meet the bus.  If/when I get the tag number in the next few days, I will file a police report.

I will continue to meet my kids at the bus stop until they no longer ride the bus.
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