Gothamist: Problems On The School Bus Go Round and Round

Shmurf

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:01:06 -0500

That's funny ! So whoever was in control decided that it was of utmost importance to get the rest of the kids to class at the expense of one child ! Sad, So sad !

BeenThere

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:05:26 -0500

Fuck Public Schools: Sorry to out you but with your attitude you can in real life be no other than Joel I. Klein, New York Schools Chancellor! No wonder nothing ever gets done at the DOE.

nonymous

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:06:53 -0500

This kind of thing is Bloomberg's weakness-- and I voted for the guy-- trusting "experts" and ingnoring/insulting those who say the emperor has no clothes. It's the kind of thing that should tell him not to run for president, where you have to eat frustration and opposition for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And Joel Klein? He's the guy who SETTLED an anti-trust case with Microsoft. This escapade is no less incompetent than one of Vito Lopez' social service programs-- and just as corrupt.

Fuck Public Schools

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:30:57 -0500

Who cares?? NYC Public Schools are just holding pens for kids too young to be at Riker's Island yet (or Attica, Bedford Hills, Sing Sing, etc.) So the little bastards have to ride on a bus for 2 hours instead of getting home quick to steal shit and be nuisances. Good for the consulting firm taking them off the street.

BeenThere

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:30:43 -0500

Deadbeats: Couldn't agree with you more. And what about all the people that want the City to provide subways and city buses. Believe you me, the transit fare doesn't cover the costs there. If you can't afford a car or at least taxis then stay the hell out of New York.

Deadbeats

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:10:48 -0500

her father said, "As parents with two young kids in New York City, we don’t have time to call up every morning to complain about the bus service.” Why have kids then when you don't have time to take your kids to school? People want everything these days. They complain about the educational system in NY so Bloomberg does something to get more money (by cutting costs). And they complain when he does something to redistribute costs. Complain complain complain. Don't have kids if you don't have time or can't afford to transport your kids to school.

Deadbeats

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:10:08 -0500

payback (i'm the b*tch)

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:05:15 -0500

"The Daily News' Michael Daly recommended that the highly paid consultants that devised this school bus reorganization be given Metrocards instead of their limousine allowance." F that - the consultants should have to ride buses on routes devised by the parents!

Tim N.

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:04:23 -0500

"You want to save humanity but it's people that you just can't stand..." --- John Lennon As a parent of a fourth-grader in the city school system, I can tell you that there's no one who give a damn about the problems of students, parents, and teachers less than Joel Klein. He has enacted improvements, yes, but with such an eye to the bottom line (dollars and test scores, which translates into, well, dollars) that the subsequent problems created by his solutions will be ignored. Klein is a Robert Moses of the school system, to the good and the bad. And since he was Mayor Bling's handpicked boy, he'll follow him right to the end.

BigJ

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:03:38 -0500

Why does everything have to have a lawsuit for something? It's the parents responsibility to get their kids to school safely.

Mark

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:48:33 -0500

That's ridiculous. That consulting company should be sued in a class action suit.