School Bus Policy - Part II - Opinions needed!!?

Question

My 35lb Special Needs child - another "regular transportation" issue.

The bus my kids ride has three stops with 15-25 kids at each stop. The last two stops are just 1/4 mile apart. After the driver picks up the last group he drives down a couple of streets and gets back on the main road to go back to school. This is a K-8 school so the kids are ages 5-14.

When doing this the bus drives right past where a lot of the kids live. In my opinion, having 20 kids at one bus stop is a MAJOR safety issue. Not just because they all push up to the street when they see the bus (one of them could fall in front of the bus) but someone could get hurt when they swarm the bus trying to be first one on. Another problem at the last stop w/so many getting on at once, it's really hard to find a seat and sometimes the bus takes off before everyone is sitting.

They could EASILY make another stop w/5-10 kids and not one thing would have to change. Can they be REQUIRED to do this? HOW?!

Answer 1

Take your concerns to the board office. Another stop just one or 2 blocks down makes sense. You can also call the bus garage and speak with the person in charge there.

If your child has special needs they should also have a special needs bus that has fewer children on it and has a helper to make sure that they get seated ok. You may want to request this. We had to do this with our son. All it took was a call to the bus garage and a recommendation from the teacher.