VT sounds nice. Here in W. WA, there used to be a bus driver who came through my neighborhood with the grade school kids. She went up and down the streets, stopping at the HOUSES, waiting to see if the smaller ones were either met by a parent or walked through the door.

A couple of years ago (maybe three), the school INSISTED that the driver drop them all off at a local landmark that has a parking lot, and the kids walk the rest of the way.

School just started (relatively speaking), and the subs probably don't know who goes where. And like Centralia, the driver was probably not given a list of who/where, or it was outdated and didn't have the youngest kids on it.

I am not blaming the driver. It's the people who make the rules and who provide the information who are to blame: the school board, usually. Bus drivers and teachers who care can fight the board all they want, but they're going to lose.

Find the info on your school district and see where the money goes. I'll bet you a nickel that most of the money goes to administration. They say the kids are important, but the money is more important.

Sue