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re: Update: Why to this day do we still have busing of students?
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:23 am to boudinman
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:23 am to boudinman
Don’t like paying all the school taxes now? Wait until all the buses are mandated to be electric. My local news just last night reported on a bus company who pitched to local districts this week on the “benefits” of electric buses over diesel. One of these “benefits” is that the electric buses only cost $220k more than a diesel bus. Only $220k more.
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Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:26 am to boudinman
quote:The bus’s is “free” too, baw.
ree education. Free breakfast and lunch.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:28 am to boudinman
I thought you meant the senseless bussing of kids away from their neighborhood schools into places they don’t live which just ruins things for everyone.
You want to know why we use busses? Because you can fit a lot of kids on them.
You want to know why we use busses? Because you can fit a lot of kids on them.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:29 am to fr33manator
quote:Ol bus be packtup tite.
You want to know why we use busses? Because you can fit a lot of kids on them.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:29 am to boudinman
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Nearly every bus driver has a second job because of the poor pay.
Who knew working 2 hours a day wouldn't pay the bills
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:29 am to boudinman
A larger issue - to me at least - as someone who could see themselves working in the education sector in the very near future, is the length of the school day + busing.
I see too many students getting dropped off from school buses at 5:30-6:00PM when those same students were likely picked up before 7:00AM. That is incredible to me. So they wake up way too early (studies have been done on brain development and concentration - kids should not be getting up at 5:30AM to catch the 6:30AM bus), go to school, get home, have to do homework for an hour or two and the day is done. No room to be a kid.
I see too many students getting dropped off from school buses at 5:30-6:00PM when those same students were likely picked up before 7:00AM. That is incredible to me. So they wake up way too early (studies have been done on brain development and concentration - kids should not be getting up at 5:30AM to catch the 6:30AM bus), go to school, get home, have to do homework for an hour or two and the day is done. No room to be a kid.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:30 am to boudinman
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Nearly every bus driver has a second job because of the poor pay
Bus drivers work like 3 hours a day 5 days a week. Do you really think that deserves full time pay?
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:31 am to boudinman
Because half our population still won't work and provide for their families and stay off drugs.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:33 am to boudinman
The government wastes an incredible amount of money and this is what you’re complaining about?
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:34 am to Havoc
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Oh so you pay to not have the option of busing.
I am going to go one additional step the opposite way and say that public school buses should take kids to private school. Private school parents pay for busing through taxes.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:36 am to boudinman
Older days kids who lived close enough to school would walk if it was a safe walk (like not crossing a major highway) and other kids could catch the bus.
It helps kids get to and from school on time and it helps parents who may have to work at times that don't allow them to drop off / pick up their kids.
Of all the things wrong with our school systems...offering a bus is pretty far down the list.
It helps kids get to and from school on time and it helps parents who may have to work at times that don't allow them to drop off / pick up their kids.
Of all the things wrong with our school systems...offering a bus is pretty far down the list.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:36 am to chryso
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I am going to go one additional step the opposite way and say that public school buses should take kids to private school. Private school parents pay for busing through taxes.
In Louisiana, when I was a kid, they did.
Now some private schools refused that money and used their own bus.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:42 am to boudinman
School buses are training grounds for next UFC super stars
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:43 am to boudinman
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Pay the teachers and support staff a living wage
Do you honestly think teachers don't make a living wage?
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:50 am to boudinman
A lot of public school students come from working class families, many who live in rural areas, where it would be costly to burn the gas every day. On top of trying to make it to work on time and dealing with hundreds of cars in carpool. I see no issue with buses. If you want to carpool, you always have that option.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:53 am to GCTigahs
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Wait until all the buses are mandated to be electric. My local news just last night reported on a bus company who pitched to local districts this week on the “benefits” of electric buses over diesel.
There used to be a rural route bus here that goes down all the rough backroads that had no muffler and belched black smoke. You could hear it a mile away, ragged piece of shite
guess they didn’t want gravel roads to destroy a nice one Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:54 am to fr33manator
Why do airplanes full of adults have seat belts but not a bus full of children?
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:58 am to boudinman
Logistics wouldn’t work, on days we do not have bus service the drop off and pick up are cluster fricks. I couldn’t imagine the same scenario with dumb public school parents
Posted on 2/18/22 at 8:07 am to boudinman
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Most commenters are the same people against teacher pay raises and raises for school support staff.
That is why the Texas ISD model is great. It is all about local control. Our ISD should probably raise teacher pay and I’d vote accordingly. There is a looming teacher shortage coming and teachers are going to be in high demand. School districts will have to pay more to attract/retain teachers.
As for buses, what a dumb take. Some parents would never be able to make it to work on time without the buses.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 8:10 am to deltaland
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Why do airplanes full of adults have seat belts but not a bus full of children?
Because adults are stupid enough to believe that seatbelts might help them in the event of a crash.
In reality it’s just to make it easier to identify the bodies.
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