Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 23:03     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Wait. Do some schools have a car line for pick-up?! We only have drop-off.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 22:13     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
OP, I loathe driving my kids to school. I'd love for them to take the bus every day, but they won't let my DS take his friggin' cello on the bus on Mondays. So we generally park far away from the madness of Kiss & Ride and then walk the rest of the way.

Obviously, on rainy days like today, I have no choice but to drive kids and $$$ cello all the way thru Kiss & Ride.

If you can convince my school to let kids with large instruments on the bus, I will happily stay home.

(All this is another way of saying you have no idea what other people's circumstances are.)
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 18:32     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Anonymous wrote:15:15-you aren't supposed to do that either. If you drive and drop off, it should be in the designated procedure.



It's common practice (and accepted at my school). We have a designated morning reading time for parents and Kindergartners 8:50-9:10. The only place to park since there is a tiny faculty only lot is in the surrounding streets if you have the proper residential permit.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 16:34     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
I don't mind the parents who park a couple blocks away on the street and walk. I haven't seen that impeding the normal traffic flow. I have heard that the street beside my school has people who park in such a way that they make certain crosswalks difficult to navigate, but something tells me those cars are parked illegally based on signage.

It doesn't help that high schoolers use our neighborhood as overflow parking and our school doesn't have enough parking for their own staff, let alone all the parents.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 16:14     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
15:15-you aren't supposed to do that either. If you drive and drop off, it should be in the designated procedure.

Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 16:00     Subject: Re:Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Anonymous wrote:

I don't know any school that WANTS parents to use a Kiss and Ride. They're organized to help keep driving parents from creating complete chaos, but most schools don't have adequate driveway and parking lot space to really accommodate such an amenity. At our school, four to six instructional personnel have to take time away from instructional preparation or working with students in order to staff the K&R line for 20 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. It's a complete waste of staff resources.

If walkers would walk and bus riders would ride the bus, the K&R staffing would not be necessary. But go on and take away time from instructional staff so that your family can sleep in, and then bitch that the county is cutting instructional staff in budget cuts.


Something tells me that you might actually be familiar with my neighborhood. Signed, op
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 15:16     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Anonymous wrote:The K&R is a 5 minute drive away, With the routing they use, the bus ride is 45 minutes. We drop them off and we all get 35 minutes extra sleep. Until they figure out how to route busses we'll bring them to school. Rain, shine, or snow (if they'll open)


+100

This is my story too.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 15:15     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How is sitting in a kiss and ride line for 30 minutes relaxing?

And yes, as a walker, it DOES affect me. The traffic situation in our neighborhood and near our school is truly bad enough. Our school is too large as it is (we have over 1000 students). Adding all the extra people to the roads who just can't be bothered to put their kids on a bus in the rain creates a seriously dangerous situation for everyone.

Not to mention, the busses wind up sitting in the traffic because of the design of the roads - there truly is only one way in and one way out of our school.

By being selfish, you really are messing up everyone's day. Although, I do get a little bit of a kick out of walking past all of you that I passed on my way to the school STILL sitting in traffic on my way back.


We never sit for 30 minutes. Even on the most crowded days it is 10 minutes tops. We do kiss and ride at two schools. One is around 600 kids. The other around 1000.


We bypass the line. I park. We walk a block and they go right in. Then- I don't have to get upset about the asinine parents that STILL have to get out of the car and reach around in the back for something, unbuckle a kid on the wrong side, etc.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 14:51     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Jacking up the school's start time EVERY single rain storm because it is more convenient for you. Yup, totally justified.

You go ahead thinking I'm a nag or a harpy. I'll go ahead and believe you are a selfish asshole.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 14:16     Subject: Re:Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Why does anyone have to justify to OP why they use Kiss and Ride? Really, OP, you should have realized what you were in for when you bought your home near a school. Every parent has a right to use Kiss and Ride when they want to.

Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 14:02     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Ok, stay on topic. The post is not directed at those who drive on a regular basis (although, the average day had way too many cars in the line). This post refers specifically to those who join the chaos on every single rainy day. You know who you are...
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 13:54     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Can someone who normally drives just get on the bus in the morning instead? Is that even allowed?
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 13:38     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
I drive daily because I live exactly 0.8 miles from school so I do not qualify for the privilege of a bus. I don't have 2 hours (30 minutes each way, each time with a 4 year old in tow) to spend walking to and from school. Carline, including driving and waiting in line, takes 10-15 minutes total, garage to garage, if I time it just right.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 13:26     Subject: Kiss and Ride on rainy days
We would use the bus if there was some way that my dd could have her epipen with her. She is too young to self carry and self administer, and the protocol in place seems to be - let's hope for the best.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2014 13:18     Subject: Re:Kiss and Ride on rainy days
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I am so happy that OP has explained to everyone how they must run their mornings.

Since her way is clearly the best and only way, I will be changing our family's routine first thing tomorrow morning.


You are a kind and considerate person.


+1

You go on about your day, against better judgement AND the wishes of the school that has sent out multiple emails on the topic, practically begging you to NOT do this. Because dammit, you can do whatever you please.


Who knew I have been doing it wrong all these years. I had no idea that the schools were offering a kiss and ride that they do not want parents to use. How helpful of OP to let us know that we are NOT supposed to use the kiss and ride.


I don't know any school that WANTS parents to use a Kiss and Ride. They're organized to help keep driving parents from creating complete chaos, but most schools don't have adequate driveway and parking lot space to really accommodate such an amenity. At our school, four to six instructional personnel have to take time away from instructional preparation or working with students in order to staff the K&R line for 20 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. It's a complete waste of staff resources.

If walkers would walk and bus riders would ride the bus, the K&R staffing would not be necessary. But go on and take away time from instructional staff so that your family can sleep in, and then bitch that the county is cutting instructional staff in budget cuts.