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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm embarrassed to say I did this with my first. I knew I shouldn't, so I followed from far away. I parked real far away too. I just wanted to watch (no intention of approaching the school)

Here's the reason, and the reason for the paranoia: It was not explained by the school WHAT HAPPENS when the bus arrives. What happens is a teacher is right there when the bus pulls up, the kids get off in a very orderly fashion and, in a line, they walk into the school.

Would that have been that hard to describe to parents??
But nothing was said, so I thought maybe the kids all go running off the bus in different directions. And who knows, they lose a kid or two.

I know ridiculous.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing this. I'm glad you now recognize it is ridiculous, but I think schools should listen to parents like this. I think because schools know how all their systems work, they don't realize that some parents--who aren't aware of the systems--get panicky about what seems like silly things.
I speak as a former PTA president who had to do the "Boo Hoo Breakfast" at our school on the first day. I was amazed at some of the questions parents asked (while trying to hold back tears). 
I'm sure there are some helicopter parents that will never be satisfied with anything but actually seeing it with their own eyes, but I know that buses and lunch time where HUGE concerns for the K parents. If the school included just a little more info in the letters they send out at the end of summer, explaining how these things work, they'd probably save themselves a lot of aggravation.

To be clear, I think it a perfect world parents would have enough sense to recognize that these schools have been dealing with many kids for many years and they know what they are doing. However, we know the reality is that for many parents this is one of the most anxious periods in their life as parents.
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