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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because lots of 11 year olds who are only a couple months removed from elementary school will find it intimidating to ride buses with high school students and change buses at a high school. Some of these kids come from really small elementary schools with only a couple classes per grade. It’s hard enough to make the transition from elementary to middle school and do it at a magnet, where you don’t know anybody else. These kids shouldn’t be stressing about who to sit with on a crowded bus where some of the students are 6 grades ahead of them.[/quote]
This has not been an issue on our bus. The high schoolers are quite frankly zoned out that early in the morning and tend to be the good/nerdy kids. The buses aren’t as crowded as many people have set up carpools (not an option for us). 
The bigger issue for us has just been the amount of time she’s on the bus. It’s a long day. [/quote]

In your family’s experience, would you make the same decision despite the long day and long travel?[/quote]
I don’t know. My child decided she wanted to go and I let her know I was not able to drive her, that if she attended she had to take the bus. I was leaning towards turning down the spot. There have been many things I’ve liked and some I’ve not. I’m not sure that I think it’s been worth it as we have a good home middle school. I’m very ambivalent about it. [/quote]

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