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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Activity buses are [b]totally standard[/b] and definitely necessary. Many if not most kids are coming home on a 4:30 bus to an empty house, so if parents were expected to pick them up after their activity then no one would be able to do activities.[/quote]

Maybe in your county but I've never heard of them elsewhere.  I don't think it's a school system's responsibility to provide additional busing for the convenience of parents.  In ES, parents pay for before and after school childcare.  Why should that be replaced with free busing in MS and HS?[/quote]

Our local school is about half kids on free lunch. Their parents are at work. If they don't get a bus home then they can't stay and do band rehearsal or French club or tutoring. "Convenience of parents" makes it sound like a luxury. These buses are a necessity especially for poor children who also deserve enrichment even if their parents can't drive them all over the county for paid activities. It would be wildly unfair if rich schools got to field, say, football and soccer teams and poor schools didn't because no one could stay after school for practice.[/quote]

Once you get to HS sports team practice end after the late bus so kids still need transportation..[/quote]

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