My turn to rant...

[HarlansHollowFarms]

And your point is?
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They have rules for the parents in KY, specifically written in the parents pamphlet given to each parent before the start of school. Yes, I would stop if I was more than 10 early.
And you have no idea how many years I have under my belt!

with all those years under your belt then you know about the prestonsburg school bus tradgedy, its the worst school bus wreck in us history,
we live in an area that could very easily happen again,

 

[shelleyd2008]

My guess is that one of the parents gave him a courtesy call to let him know their kid wouldn't be riding. There are quite a few stops on our route that the bus goes halfway down a 3 mile road to pick up on kid. That would cut 10 minutes off his time, easy. He could be as courteous and not leave his house for a few extra minutes, instead of expecting everyone to 'know' when he is on the way! I guess I need to have a neighbor down the road call and give a heads-up when the bus comes zipping by their house, maybe then I'd catch him.

This has happened at least once a week since school started this year. There was one day that we caught him surprisingly, it was 6:40 when I got back to the house. We were just lucky that day, and I didn't have to fight with my 4-year-old too badly to get ready.

 

[elijahboy]

My kids bus is written on paper to some to the end of my road at 6:55

Well Fri, Mon, Tues the bus came at 6:45 and did not wait till 6:55 like they did last year and I complained everyday

The fitst day the bus was early at 6:45 (Fri) of course my kids were still getting ready and when they heard beep beep beep I said dont worry about it I will take you.

I called and complained - I took my kids to school and noticed the bus was there before I got there and the kids were lined up in a single file line 5 min before the school opened and in the memo you are not suppose to be there before 7:15. They were there before 7:10

The second day they bus was there at 645 (10 min early and didnt wait) I complained

The third day I called and said I guess complaining doesnt work cause the last 3 days the bus was early and nothing has changed and the day I took my kids to school the bus was there 5 min before the school even opened he said mam well will take care of it

Wed the bus was there at 6:54 and only 1 min before the scheduled time

Complain Complain Complain

 

[cw]

and my point wuld be ...
an expienced school bus driver as your self would defend a school bus driver who doesnt slow down for children. in the worst state in the country for school bus fatalities. hummmm maybe you should consider finding another job.

 

[Big C]

Schedule to keep in a period of time just as you do.
The driver is just trying to short the schedule so he/she can get the route finished so she/he can get off earlier.
Find the chain of command and follow till you get to the point of "the driver must stop at all pick up points" then hold the drivers schedule to this with the same person who gave you the information.
This is of course dependent on your local school districts "laws and regulations".

Our's must stop at each pickup point even though no one is visible. Schedules are written as "drive and stops" time and enforced since federal mandates require a minimum of students in attendance each day so the school district can continue to qualify for the "no child left behind" federal mandates for money to our school district.

Your driver may just want to get his/her schedule finished early so they can go home early and your school district does not enforce the schedule.

When our kids were in school we attended each monthly meeting of the school board when we had a problem. Our voices were heard, especially when we rallied our neighbors to the problem(s) we had since they usually affected all of us.

 

[redhen]

And Big C nailed it right on the head....the guy wants to get done his route early....

 

[elijahboy]

If a parent is sent a memo that the bus will arrive at a certain time and that bus gets there earlier then that bus/bus driver should wait

The memo was sent for a reason to keep everything scheduled and if the driver gets there early then everything is still scheduled if the driver waits till that certain time

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[Whispering Winds]

I can honestly say our bus drivers in our little school district really go above and beyond the call of duty. One time we had a worthless mother who wouldn't be home when the bus driver was there to drop off her two little girls, and he would not leave them and brought them back to school with him. He got in so much trouble over that, but refused to be responsible if something would have happened to them "on his watch". Another one would pick up some kids on her way to start her route at 7, so their mom wouldn't have to leave them alone for an hour. Driver got in trouble for that, and told them to stick it, if she wanted to deal with three kids earlier than what was scheduled, SHE would deal with it, what difference did it make. True. Instead of them last to pick up, she just made them first. Most of them seem to know when or if a kid is going to ride and will wait as long as they can before moving on if no one waves them on or starts out the door. Except for one. This goober makes up for every good driver out there. NO talking AT all, white slips kids to the max for NOTHING. If you aren't there to get your kid off of the bus, he goes on and your kid goes back to school at the end of the route and YOU pick them up. If he gets it in for a kid, oh have mercy on that child!!! He absolutely will no relent or give in on anything, no matter WHO tells him too, and nothing is ever done about it, because its a small town. . .sad but true. My hat is off to most of the drivers in this world, because its a job I wouldn't want for the world!!!

Hope you can get this resolved. I know how frustrating and infuriating it is!!! They do need to get the time straightened out. I worked in the school cafeteria and have heard them say when they came in for coffee that they would slow down A LOT to make up for the extra min. they picked up here and there. Not a hard thing to do if you think if you think about it!!! No kids are suppose to get off of the bus at our school before 8, and that was a BIG issue with the old prin. I don't know how the new one is going to feel about it. Not suppose to legally have a bus ride for a kid longer than an hour too, but the bus comes by our house at 7:03 on the dot, and he gets to school about 5 after 8, so those kids have a long ride that get off first. I take our guy, because an hour is too long for a little boy to ride without getting into trouble. Too many big kids causing issues also.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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I am not defending the driver as much as wanting the parent to take their own responsibility instead of complaining.

And to Redhen, you cannot drop the children off until a specific time, so the driver is not really getting done early.

 

[DuckLady]

All points have been made and since this is turning into an argument, I will go ahead and close the thread.

Thanks for your participation.