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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bus driver cannot control traffic or the environment around him.  Most SN buses have lots of stops in a wide area. If the child before your stop is late, then it has a domino affect.

I'm not trying to be snarky here, but you are fortunate to have a school bus stop right in front of your house for your child. It's not perfect, and I'm sure it can get annoying but just be aware that sometimes, it may not be in the bus driver's control.

Like you, I grew up with no school bus. We had to walk a mile. So, as annoying as it can be sometimes (we've had incidences in mcps where the bus was super late), I'm still pretty grateful for the *free* buses.[/quote]

OP here. 
Thanks for the reality check, but my son would far rather walk a mile on his own time! It would be less stressful and he would get to school faster. However, the school is double the distance.
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PP here.  I agree with the others that you should call the transportation dept. I've had to upon occasion.

If it gets that annoying, it seems to me that one of you is at home, so why not just drive him to school yourself if it's only 2 miles?  Why keep getting frustrated?[/quote]

OP here.
That's exactly what I want to do from now on! We have other kids to get to other schools, but we'll manage.

My follow-up question is:

Would my son still be allowed to take the afternoon bus home if he withdraws from the morning bus route? That one is always very reliable. Different driver.

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I believe yes your child can take the bus home.  But, you should definitely call the supervisor to let them know that you don't need service in the morning, but will do so in the afternoon.  Better, yet, as PPs have suggested, [b]why not just talk to the supervisor about the chronic tardiness and see if that makes a difference?[/b][/quote]

OP here again.

I had not mentioned this before, so as not to muddy the waters, but at the beginning of the week the supervisor called us because the bus driver had complained we were always late to the bus stop, which is not true. The bus driver tells my son at what time he should be waiting the next morning. We obey, but the bus never comes when the driver says he will come: sometimes my son is right on time, sometimes he has to wait 15 to 20 minutes, and frequently the bus arrives earlier than announced and my son has to rush out of the house, without brushing his teeth or forgetting his PE or lunch bag. We feel gas-lighted by the bus driver, if that is the correct term. However the supervisor refused to to believe this and adopted a rather condescending tone, explaining that in our area rush hour can change bus arrival time. I have difficulty believing that, I admit. For the later, elementary school, pick-up times, I can well believe rush hour creates a ton of problems, because that's when our area jams up completely, but not at 7:15am when traffic is still relatively light.

Sorry for the long explanation, but my point is that I don't feel the supervisor is really going to work with me on this. [/quote]

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