Ok....Here goes

I have always driven my kids to school, and picked them up......They have the option to ride the bus where we live, but I do not allow it. They sit 3 to seat, sometimes with people still standing, we have had so many fights on the buses it's ridiculous, with people who aren't in the fight getting hurt because of the crowding....Buses are never on time, and the Special Ed bus runs at a completely different time, then the other two buses the kids would have to take....I like taking them to school, and I really love picking them up, I get to touch base with their teachers daily! I know about things before they become problems, and I get to hear about things that are fantaastic that may be forgotten by conference time. My kids right now are split between two schools, and it takes about 2 hours total out of my day (dropping off and picking up) I wouldn't change it for the world! But in all honesty the biggest reason I do it, is because when I was a kid, I never saw my parents until dinner time, and then for just a few minutes, I do it because they know I am there!

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Nicole