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As this thread shows, every family's situation is unique. My kids ride the bus when their schedules allow. However, both of them usually have committments at school before the bus arrives, so the answer is it depends. We also don't have sidewalks, so it's fine in the neighborhoods, but on the busier roads, it's a bit tricky.
When I was in elementary school, I lived 6 blocks from school. The school bus was not an option for me because they said I was to close to the school.
I had no choice but to get a ride to school until about the 7th Grade.
When highschool came, I had a ride the first week, then began taking the elevated subway which is exactly one block from school.
I only rode it for two stations, yet the stations were father apart. 4-6 blocks each.
Then after I got off the El, I took the bus and I was home.
Reasons we may drive our kids to school, even though we live only a few blocks away:
1. Weather
2. A few times per year we end up running late due to errant children, oversleeping parents or a number of other reasons
3. We plan on running errands after the kids go to school and it's a bit of a time-saver to take them in the car, then leave right from the school for our errands.
Reasons we may drive our kids to school, even though we live only a few blocks away:
1. Weather
2. A few times per year we end up running late due to errant children, oversleeping parents or a number of other reasons
3. We plan on running errands after the kids go to school and it's a bit of a time-saver to take them in the car, then leave right from the school for our errands.
I do the same, if we have errands, activities after school, it is sometimes easier or quicker to pick them up in the car, rather than walk to get them , walk home and then get in the car...
( I have a 2nd grader, so I do still walk to & from w/my chikdren.... There is a crossing guard,etc.. But I am still more comfortable walking them..)
If busing would have been an option, I still wouldn't have done it. I never saw the logic of sticking my kid on the bus at 7:00am and not having them arrive at school until 8:25.
If busing would have been an option, I still wouldn't have done it. I never saw the logic of sticking my kid on the bus at 7:00am and not having them arrive at school until 8:25.
I wouldn't do that either unless we absolutely had to.
We generally drive both grandchildren to school, but the older one takes the bus home. The younger could go on the special ed bus, but he likes having his sister walk him to the desk at his school. Since they are now in two different schools and the school start and end are different, it's nice to have the bus option. Also, here the pickup lines are extremely long and there is not much parking. It can take quite a while to get to the head of the line for picking up a child and with an autistic child, that can be really difficult. So my dh goes early and parks and walks in to get him when the line comes out.
In my neighborhood, the local elementary draws more than a third of its students from outside the district, so walking or riding the bus isn't an option. There is no busing of elementary students here. Plus, a large number of those children are in before- or after-school care.
At the middle and high school level, I suspect it has to do with after-school activities.
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