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Originally Posted by Christ
It's a liability issue. The kids are still technically being cared for by the school district until they are at their home. The closer to home they are, the less liability there is for the school district.
It's retarded, granted, but that's the way it is.
Frankly, the first time my Kid wants to ride a bike or something to school (9-ish miles), I'm going to shake his hand and tell him to get up earlier.  |
Actually, anything to do with school buses is ultimately a
political issue.
For those of you who might be too young to realize it, back in the late '60s the powers of authority decided that racial integration needed to be achieved through mandatory school busing. It was considered of such magnitude and high priority that school buses were given
legal exemption from pollution controls.
Now it strikes me as odd that today, decades later, politically (environmentally?) correct parents put their kids on school buses that obviously reek of exhaust fumes, and no one notices - or cares. If you've ever had to ride in one (or even drive following one) you'd wonder how the kids stand it. But they only are the 'smallest pawns in the game of life', and they can't complain, can they?
The sacrosanct yellow school bus is the American version of a 'sacred cow' on wheels. And a big source of (legally permissible) air pollution.