Anonymous
Post 03/03/2016 06:10     Subject: Re:Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:Really? I thought there was a rule that you had to be a certain age before they would do this.


here is: first grade. we already told you.

why do adults need to be present? i'm not following you there.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2016 06:02     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:It is the norm in our neighborhood for parents (or an adult) to wait at the bus stop for first graders.


This is true in my neighborhood of the child does not have older siblings. Then they walk home with their older sibling(s).
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 22:04     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

FCPS drops off without parent except for KG,
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 21:26     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:Do first graders usually have an adult waiting for them anyway? What do your 1st graders do? DS is in K this year and I'm wondering if it's really ok for him to walk home next year. All the kids at our stop always have an adult waiting.


First graders usually have an adult waiting for them in my neighborhood even if the house is right there
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 21:25     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

It is the norm in our neighborhood for parents (or an adult) to wait at the bus stop for first graders.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 21:19     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:Do first graders usually have an adult waiting for them anyway? What do your 1st graders do? DS is in K this year and I'm wondering if it's really ok for him to walk home next year. All the kids at our stop always have an adult waiting.


Op here this is my question as well.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 19:20     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Do first graders usually have an adult waiting for them anyway? What do your 1st graders do? DS is in K this year and I'm wondering if it's really ok for him to walk home next year. All the kids at our stop always have an adult waiting.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 17:21     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:


Not Kindergarteners or special ed kids


Depends on the Special Ed kid and their issues, most do not have to have someone meeting them.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 17:20     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Anonymous wrote:At the bus stop to accompany them home or to an afterschool program? Our first year taking the bus will be this Fall and I am curious about this.


Not for 1st grade and up. Kinergarteners need someone meeting them at the bus stop.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 17:18     Subject: Re:Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Really? I thought there was a rule that you had to be a certain age before they would do this.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 17:06     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)




Not Kindergarteners or special ed kids
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 17:05     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

yes ,
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 16:44     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Not Kindergarteners. But all other kids, yes, they can get off the bus without an adult.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 16:42     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

Sad
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 16:41     Subject: Do FCPS let children off the bus if no adult is waiting? (Elementary)

At the bus stop to accompany them home or to an afterschool program? Our first year taking the bus will be this Fall and I am curious about this.