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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure if you are still reading, OP, but I’d second the recommendation to post on the Kids with Special Needs board. Your child has an IEP, which means he deserves and should get a different approach. The folks on the special needs board have BTDT and can help you figure out who to contact and what words to use to navigate the system.

If your child does have a raging meltdown on the bus or at drop off things might (paradoxically) move faster. They will very quickly work with you to find ways to adjust the process. It won’t be pleasant for you or your son (or the teachers) but it is direct.[/quote]

This is helpful. Thank you. I can post there. It’s the special Ed bus that’s an hour long ride, and yes it’s in this area. I can drive him. But he’s not going to do well with the kiss and ride. And this is all so last minute. I’ve been pumping him up all summer for the bus and now I’m not sending him on the bus.[/quote]

Post in the Special Needs board. It makes a bit more sense now.

Can you park a block away and walk with him to school? Register him as a walker and tell him to meet you at the street corner so you can pick him up? I know a lot of parents in our area do that for their kids. Our school is mainly walkers and no one wants to use the Kiss and Ride because it is a disaster. Some parents find that the bit of a walk helps their kids wake up and get ready for the day.

That said, if your child is on a Special Needs bus they should have an Aide on the bus that can help kids and would be able to help when the kids get to school. Perhaps you can contact his case worker at school and ask for a change in the transportation so that there is someone there to meet you at drop off. I would bet that they are used to these type of requests. If he is eligible for special transportation I would hope that they can add to the IEP that you can pull into the main parking area and park to walk your child to school and to pick him up.

But you will get better info and ideas on the Special Needs board. The post that this is a Special needs bus is hidden in the topic and people are going to be responding to your first few posts where it sounds like you choose an option school for your child and that is how he ended up with such a long ride. There is actually a thread on this in the Virginia Public Schools thread because a parent choose an option school. The bus ride is an hour and the parent is annoyed.

Good Luck this school year. I am guessing that you have options that you can explore. [/quote]

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