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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
You're completely right. While I never had to take the bus, I know there are kids who heavily relied on the school busses, and the bus stop was very near their homes.
Detroit's bus system isn't exactly safe and I'd never put my niece or nephew on it alone. Hell I'd never ride it alone or even with a friend. I think it'd be harder in suburbs for students to rely on the bus system to get to schools outside of their district. I know the two charter schools in my area aren't near a bus stop.
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It was actually harder for me living in the city catching the bus (buses running late or crowded, apathetic drivers, and so on).
Now in converse to that, I live in the suburbs and the kids have EASY access to get transportation and to school. Metro stops at all the corners, 3 buses to and from the subway and then of course the subway itself, not to mention that YES, the regular yellow school bus. Never rule out transit when it comes to getting kids to and from school and how teachers rely on it.
I don't care where you live....in Grime City USA or Lily White County...putting a child on a bus system is dicey business at best unless you plan for it.