DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <432F6CA8.8E5C844@hotmail.com> Pooh Bear
> wrote:
>
> >sechumlib wrote:
> >
> >> Pooh Bear wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm puzzled why schools in the USA have different hours depending on the age
> >> > group they're teaching. In winter, the staggered hours will simply ensure the
> >> > almost impossibility of both arriving and leaving in daylight.
> >>
> >> It's a little matter of wanting to spend school system money on
> >> EDUCATION rather than on enough buses to pick up EVERY student at the
> >> same time.
> >
> >Why don't you use something more modern than those 1940's style school buses then ?
> >I've been on buses in Hong Kong that'll carry at least 130.
>
> Because regardless of the size of the bus, it's still more efficient to
> have the buses running for 3 hours a day rather then having three times
> the possible capacity and have each bus run for only 1 hour a day.
Yes, I can see the logic of that.
It's counter to the possibilty of ensuring all the kids travel within daylight hours
however.
Graham
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