Middletown Forum : Those Pesky School Buses http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Other School Issues : Those Pesky School Buses Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:38:12 +0000 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:18:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3684 Middletown Forum http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ Those Pesky School Buses : VietVet wrote:Hermes........ http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25588&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25588 Author: Hermes
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Posted: Feb 23 2011 at 3:18pm

Originally posted by VietVet VietVet wrote:

Hermes..... Did all of what you did, ceptin' I didn't have no shoes when I walked them 8 miles and I had an eight lane highway to cross instead of a river. Those youngsters like randy sue don't know how good they had it during school did they?
 
 
Well we had shoes Vet but we didn't wear'em,we only got one pair new each year and we saved'em for that special occassion so we'd have nice shoes,problem was by the time that special occassion came around we had out grown the shoes so we had to start all over again.
 
What I really hated was wearing "hand me downs".I was the youngest of 4 kids and never got any new clothes,always hand me downs.Of course I was the only boy and had 3 sisters so it was a little awkward.In the winter time walking to school I'd get a cold breeze blowing up my skirt....Whew it was cold !
 
Yeah those days were tough and we were tough nothing like today.
]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:18:26 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25588&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25588 Those Pesky School Buses : Don't forget that in the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25585&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25585 Author: middletownscouter
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Posted: Feb 23 2011 at 2:22pm

Don't forget that in the winter with the snow you hopped there instead of walked so only one foot would get frostbite, then hopped back on the other foot (uphill, both ways) that afternoon.]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:22:10 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25585&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25585 Those Pesky School Buses : Hermes..... Did all of what... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25581&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25581 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Feb 23 2011 at 11:52am

Hermes..... Did all of what you did, ceptin' I didn't have no shoes when I walked them 8 miles and I had an eight lane highway to cross instead of a river. Those youngsters like randy sue don't know how good they had it during school did they? ]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:52:24 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25581&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25581 Those Pesky School Buses : Vet I have to agree with you the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25578&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25578 Author: Hermes
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Posted: Feb 23 2011 at 9:24am

Vet I have to agree with you the kids are being spoiled today.When I was a kid I walked to school,it was 8 miles round trip.I remember one winter the weather was so bad and the snow so deep that by the time I got to school the other kids had graduated and the teacher had retired.
 
We had to cross a river on the way to school,we'd strip down and put our clothes in a bundle and hold them over our heads as we swam across.The towns people got angry at the state when they built a bridge across that river,everyone said they spent good money on spoiling us kids.
 
By the time I was in highschool we got our first school bus which meant I didn't have to walk anymore.School was 4 miles away from our house,the bus had a 25 mile route to pick up kids and was a two and a half hour ride.I quit riding after the second day cause I could get to school a lot quicker than that bus.With the new bridge I didn't have to swim the river anymore and that saved me 15 minutes on the trip.
 
So yeah I agree kids today are just spoiled.]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:24:54 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25578&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25578 Those Pesky School Buses : Maybe a resident out there called... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25577&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25577 Author: middletownscouter
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Posted: Feb 23 2011 at 8:33am

Maybe a resident out there called the bus depot or school administration to complain about the students congregating there after getting off the bus, or about fights or whatever?]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:33:33 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25577&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25577 Those Pesky School Buses : Well alright Smartman! (although... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25569&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25569 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Feb 22 2011 at 8:22pm

Well alright Smartman! (although I was just starting to get use to the panties/mangina thing. ]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25569&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25569 Those Pesky School Buses : OMG Vet! Take a breath and pull... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25567&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25567 Author: Smartman
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Posted: Feb 22 2011 at 8:18pm

OMG Vet! Take a breath and pull you panties out of your mangina! Holy smoke get worked up over something more important!!! Geez!!!! LOL]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:18:21 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25567&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25567 Those Pesky School Buses : Ms. Andrew. Thank you for the... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25566&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25566 Author: VietVet
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Posted: Feb 22 2011 at 8:09pm

Ms. Andrew. Thank you for the response and follow-up.

The student I was referring to lives two houses down from mine. I have talked to him. He is neither pre-school nor special needs. He walks up to the designated bus stop at Rosedale and Rachel in the mornings. He is dropped off at his house and is the last rider on the 66 passenger bus in the afternoon when he is dropped off in front of his house, AFTER the bus varies from the designated route on Rosedale and makes a right turn on Rachel to his house. It appears to be door to door service to me. No big deal. Just didn't know that we are providing such specialized service with such a large 66 passenger bus.

Don't understand the concept for the three separate pick-ups/drop-offs at Robin Springs. You say it is to make sure they get home and don't congregate in a large group? Have they done this in the past? Once the bus drops off the kids, it leaves doesn't it? The bus driver and assistant don't sit there to make sure every kid walks in their apartment door do they? How do they know that after the bus leaves, the kids don't gather again in larger groups? Has there been behavioral problems with large groups of what appeared to be elementary age kids there? Trying to understand the reasoning here with this monitoring/safety policy.]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:09:50 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25566&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25566 Those Pesky School Buses : What she means is they try to... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25560&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25560 Author: Bocephus
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Posted: Feb 22 2011 at 3:58pm

What she means is they try to separate the thug element at the bus stops lol]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:58:34 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25560&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25560 Those Pesky School Buses : Vet, I looked into this for... http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3684&PID=25558&title=those-pesky-school-buses#25558 Author: Marcia Andrew
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Posted: Feb 22 2011 at 2:26pm

Vet,
 
I looked into this for you and this is what I found:
 
The three stops at that apartment complex is to maximise the behavior and safety of the kids before they get on the bus and after they get off, and assure that they go directly to their homes rather than hanging out in a large group.
 
Our school buses make door to door stops for pre-school and special needs children.  A driver has discretion, if they have just one student at a particular stop, and are driving past that student's house to get to the stop, to let them off directly at the house.  Some students ride the bus in the morning but not the afternoon, or vice-versa, which could account for the different procedure you see at Rachel and Rosedale in the morning and afternoon.
 
Marcia Andrew
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