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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You leave at X time, and if she's not in the car you leave without her.   Do you have to go straight to work right after dropping them off?
How far is school?   Is it walkable-meaning a safe walk with sidewalks?   If it's less than five miles away with sidewalks, that's walkable.   If it's more than five miles and/or there's no sidewalks, then you drive her after you get back--but no excuse notes.   She takes the unexcused tardy.
At my kid's school, three tardies= detention.   [/quote]

Five miles? Get real.[/quote]

Five miles is real.    Middle schoolers are more than capable of walking five miles.  [/quote]

DP: Our school is exactly 5 miles from our house. It would take 2 hours to walk there if it were flat, but it isn't so add 20 minutes for the steep up hill climbs (there would be 3 of those). One must also consider the safety issues of the route -- not happening.[/quote]

If it takes your kid 2 hours to walk 5 flat miles there is something wrong.   Either she has a physical disability or she is lazy and lollygagging.    A normal walking pace is about a 20 minute mile, so she should be able to walk 5 miles in approx. 1 hour and 40 minutes, and far quicker if she actually puts effort into walking briskly.

And yeah--I considered the "safety issues of the route."   Please go back and actually read my post.   I specifically addressed it.[/quote]

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