One of our schools had to build a drive in the back for busses because
they couldn't get in and out past mom picking up the kids. Even the ones
on the bus get picked up at the bus stop by mom. We asked the city to
create no-parking zones near some school bus stops since monster SUVs
were blocking traffic.
"Clark W. Griswold, Jr." wrote in message
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> sechumlib wrote:
>
>>Well, you have to be a little careful not to shift so much of it to
>>the
>>morning hours that young school kids have to walk to school in the
>>dark,
>>on busy roads not equipped with sidewalks.
>
>
> Don't know about your neighborhood, but around here the "kids walking
> to school"
> species has long since gone extinct. It blows my mind at the number of
> kids who
> get in the family vehicle at one end of the neighborhood and get
> dropped off at
> the school at the other end. And that's grade & middle school. Walk to
> the high
> school down the street? ha! I think it must now be a mandatory
> requirement to
> have a car before you are allowed to attend high school.
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