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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have travelled in the MCPS school bus as a chaperone for a field trip. They are extremely uncomfortable. I think parents need to sit in the bus and ride it one time to see if it is something that they would want their kids to be sitting in.  [b]Anyways, we decided that it is not worth it for our kids to take the bus and we drop them at school. [/b][/quote]
But are your kids [b]capable [/b]of taking the bus in an emergency? Do they know how? No one is saying the kid should always ride the bus, but that they should know how to do it.[/quote]

Yes, they are. I think that is the crux of the issue here. If you are providing transportation to your child for school, or they are riding the bus, or you are carpooling with a neighbor, or they are taking Uber...they need to know what the process is and use the available mode of transportation.  Of course they should be safe and secure and keep you informed (thus a cell phone is important) through it all.  Our MCPS bus has broken down several times last year. Kids were left stranded for up to an hour on the side of the road.  Thankfully, some of the parents were on a Whatsapp group and one of them was able to go and retrieve the students.

I think parents whose students are going to special programs do a better job of being organized because of the long distance of their students commute. However, with most school systems with an aging bus fleet, it is smart if parents keep each other phone numbers handy and help each other out if need be.[/quote]

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