Who benefited from the No Child Left Behind?

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

While I get what you are saying, you have to look at it like this,in some cases, kids living near a bus stop would HELP them go to school. When I was in 8th grade, we walked about a mile or so to school thru 'some of the roughest streets of Baltimore' through heat, wind, cold and rain, and lived to tell the tale...wooo hooo. Not everyone nor every district is privileged enough to have school buses that stop at your door to pick you up and drop you off.

While I may not agree with everything Kevin has said in this thread, i can see the point he has made here.

Not every parent has a car, nor will every parent be able to drop their kids off. A good transit system can sometimes be an appreciative motivator to get kids to and from school.

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.

[DaemonSeid]

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.

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.