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The Department of Education ended up cutting less school bus routes than expected, but the changes are still causing some big problems with only one week of notice. For instance, what if you were the kid who had previously been picked up at 7:05AM, but now have to get a bus at 5:28AM? That's what's happening to a child who lives in East New York, if he want to take his school bus to PS 29 in Cobble Hill. And teachers wonders why students are tired in class?
Parents are upset that their bus routes are being dropped, leaving their children (even ones as young as 5!) to use mass transit. One parent tells the Post, "There's no way my [10 year old] son is using a Metrocard to take a city bus to school - he's end up on Wall Street." Other DOE hilarity includes bus drivers being fired and then rehired over the weekend.
The DOE hopes to save $20 million with the changes.
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I believe there is some sort of rule / law that a child cannot be on the bus for more than an hour, but I'm not positive.
A boy I tutor had problems because he was getting home close to 5 after leaving school at 3 (and that's just from Carrol Gardens to Lefferts Gardens). I felt so bad because he would get home EXHAUSTED and had a lot of trouble doing his homework. Luckily, the parents got it fixed and he now gets home at 3:30.
Ah, I see Gothamist doesn't like to called out on grammar mistakes anymore. But will the Royal We find it fit to edit the article? I, for one, would like to see less mistakes ;)
Here's an idea:
Get rid of the school buses and replace them with a metro card/some sort of free rider status for school kids.
The cost of the school buses are eliminated on the part of the DOE. At the same time, you're ultizing the already established transportation system.
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Wait a minute. How retarded is that kid? He's 10 and he can't find his way to school? Where the hell does he go to school? Reykjavik?
You're missing a word, Grammar Nazi.
As for the school bus situation: kids do get free Metro Cards if they live far enough from school, but not many kids younger than middle school travel by public transit. And why is the DOE stressing about the bus budget for the younger kids when we have a budget surplus?