r/USNEWS • u/rezwenn • 4d ago

Moms' careers and personal time are hit hard by school drop-off demands, a poll finds

https://apnews.com/article/student-transportation-parents-school-bus-dropoffs-6d50d1773007ad0436c4ac09b4617efe
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u/StillhasaWiiU 3d ago edited 3d ago

Do city kids not walk to school anymore?

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u/sqwirlfucker57 3d ago

Not everyone lives in the city. Our school is 6 miles away, up and over a mountain. My buddy in Oregon son goes to school 2 miles away. He rides a bike.

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u/StillhasaWiiU 3d ago

Why is there not a bus for trips that far?

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u/ragdollxkitn 3d ago

Because some smaller rural towns have a cap on how far they’ll go or how far you have to live to be picked up. If you live around 3 miles near the school, Texas doesn’t pick you up.

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u/StillhasaWiiU 3d ago

Ah yes, all them career focused rural parents must be what this article had in mind when it talked about Chicago.

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u/donutfan420 2d ago

The article also talked about North Carolina, Ohio, and Long Island lmao do you think this is a conspiracy or something

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u/IrritableGoblin 3d ago

Money and staffing. Which, staffing just means money.

So, money.

We need to be funding our education better, and that includes transport 

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u/sqwirlfucker57 3d ago

There are for my towns school. I couldn't tell you why not for my buddies school. 2 miles isn't far though. Having the kids get a little exercise before and after clas isnt a bad thing IMO.

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u/PaleInTexas 2d ago

Thats fine it you have the ability, but there are tons of rural areas with only highway connection to the school. I wouldn't want a kid biking in traffic to make it to school.

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u/sqwirlfucker57 2d ago

Obviously there should be exceptions lol

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u/zombiebabou 2d ago

My kids can't ride the bus. Drop off time for one kid is 720am, the second kid's drop off time is 835am. One gets out at 215pm the other gets out at 335pm. No business will let you take more than an hour lunch break to get your kids to or from school. There is no shift that runs between 9am and 2pm that doesn't force you into only a part time job, also there is no part time jobs in this area that pay more than $15/hr. Yes, I live the United States.