This morning, 10 minutes before hopping on my bus, my route changed. Kiddo needs picked up on the south side of the road, right next to the county line, with no place to turn around. In essence this totally reverses my route.
*Welcome to the first day of school!*
In the afternoon I had a little girl get on the bus and ask me if I knew how big the worlds biggest cookie was. I told her I had no idea. She said, "Three football fields big! I could snack on that for a few weeks!"
When it was time to take the little ones home, things started to really get adventurous! I had a mom meet the bus, but no kid. I found him. He thought he was a car rider and was waiting in the office for her. She starts going off about how she filled out a form... All I could tell her is I never see those forms. It's something the teachers use but I don't even know what one looks like.
One little girl was in tears before I left the parking lot because her brother wouldn't sit with her. Then she got off at the wrong stop and cried because he didn't get off the bus with her. I got her back on the bus and they got off at the next stop. But their mom wasn't there so... more tears. I got them back on the bus again and still no mom at the next stop and now, non-stop hysterics! I start to take off, and then, in my mirror, I see mom running down the sidewalk. The girl wouldn't stop crying. The mom is mad. And on top of that - THEY WEREN'T EVEN IN MY ROUTE BOOK! That means they signed up for school less than a week ago. I had NO information about them. No name, no address, no parent phone number. Common sense would say if you drive your kids to school the first day and you are new to the neighborhood, you shouldn't expect them to know where to get off the bus.
I complete my route and there is one kid left on the bus. Bonus!!! The school put his older brother on the bus they rode to school on, but the 2nd grader on my bus. He was probably scared, but so much calmer than the screamin' meemee. I got him home and his grandma came running out of the house so happy to see him and thankful I got him home safe.
This afternoon only took an extra 30 minutes. What the heck. My normal route doesn't even take 30 minutes to begin with!
*Welcome to the first day of school!*
In the afternoon I had a little girl get on the bus and ask me if I knew how big the worlds biggest cookie was. I told her I had no idea. She said, "Three football fields big! I could snack on that for a few weeks!"
When it was time to take the little ones home, things started to really get adventurous! I had a mom meet the bus, but no kid. I found him. He thought he was a car rider and was waiting in the office for her. She starts going off about how she filled out a form... All I could tell her is I never see those forms. It's something the teachers use but I don't even know what one looks like.
One little girl was in tears before I left the parking lot because her brother wouldn't sit with her. Then she got off at the wrong stop and cried because he didn't get off the bus with her. I got her back on the bus and they got off at the next stop. But their mom wasn't there so... more tears. I got them back on the bus again and still no mom at the next stop and now, non-stop hysterics! I start to take off, and then, in my mirror, I see mom running down the sidewalk. The girl wouldn't stop crying. The mom is mad. And on top of that - THEY WEREN'T EVEN IN MY ROUTE BOOK! That means they signed up for school less than a week ago. I had NO information about them. No name, no address, no parent phone number. Common sense would say if you drive your kids to school the first day and you are new to the neighborhood, you shouldn't expect them to know where to get off the bus.
I complete my route and there is one kid left on the bus. Bonus!!! The school put his older brother on the bus they rode to school on, but the 2nd grader on my bus. He was probably scared, but so much calmer than the screamin' meemee. I got him home and his grandma came running out of the house so happy to see him and thankful I got him home safe.
This afternoon only took an extra 30 minutes. What the heck. My normal route doesn't even take 30 minutes to begin with!
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