Like I said; I threw this out there as food for thought. I couldn't think of any "fixes" for this issue that don't ultimately put the responsibility of accounting for each student back on the driver. Well, other than not putting your kids on the bus.

The only thing I had thought of was putting a large obvious number on your childs book bag/backpack that matches the bus stop number. In that way it would be much easier for a driver to recognize that a young child was not getting off at the correct stop.

Anyone have any brighter ideas?
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