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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in Indiana - moved from DC- bus shortage or something here so bus comes at 6:15 in morning for 7:30 school start- and school is 3 miles away- ridiculous--- so not one kid rides bus in morming- they all carpool. All neighborhood of stay home moms.  
   My husband and I work and it's not ideal to drive in morning so I put 8 year old daughter on bus. She is the only one on bus unitil they get to next neighborhood.. It's pitch black on bus and she's on with stranger ( male bus driver). I'm sure he's fine guy, but it's really odd to have 8 year old on bus alone in dark for 15-20 minutes. 
   Do you think I should bite the bullet and drive her  every day or would you be ok with the bus scenario. I cannot believe not one person rides in our neighborhood but it is true! 
  I was part of carpool but there is some drama in that- although nothing I have to be a part of- just trying to de idea what to do[/quote]

I usually don't say stuff like this but...[b]Why can't you just change your schedule take her to school?  It's 3 miles from your house - in Indiana.  How would taking her to school affect your or your DH getting to work on time?[/b][/quote]

WTF, people?!!

I'm not the OP, but I'm baffled by your assumptions that OP or her husband can "just change [their] schedule" to drive their DC to school.

Did it ever occur to you that some people are required to be at work earlier than 9 am or even 8 am?

That not everyone's supervisor will let them adjust their hours in that way?

Here are just a few examples, in case this seems too difficult for you imagine:

One of my friends is a nurse who needs to be at the hospital by 7 am sharp on her work days.  She does not have the seniority or leverage to push her hours back an hour to handle morning transportation.  Her kids ride the bus.

Another friend is a teacher in a different school district, so she needs to be at school early, like her kids.  But the commute is too long for her to drop them off beforehand.  They ride the bus, too.

Still another friend need to get to the office early (7/7:30) on her work days in order to finish early -- in time to meet the bus in the afternoons.  It's one or the other.  There's no time-shifting option.

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OPs daughter starts school at 7:30, hardly a hardship for anyone who works.

OP also did not say she or her husband couldn't take her in at 7:30, or that doing so woukd create a hardship or huge inconvenience.

She only said dropping her off at 7:30 is "not ideal."

"Not ideal" sounds more along the lines of husband and I would have to rush, wouldn't have time to swing into starbucks, might hit a little traffic heading into downtown, might have to take little sibling out earlier in the morning than is convenient type excuses.

Truly, it is far less ideal for this poor girl to ride the AM bus than it is for her parents to rearrange their scheduoes a bit.[/quote]

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