On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:36:53 -0500, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 09:30:29 -0600, "Leon"
wrote:


"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Trouble is that thanks to bussing kids all over Hell's half acre, some
parents can't _get_ to the frelling school. Poor people in the inner
city don't always have cars to drive to the suburban paradise that the
courts have decided is appropriate for schooling their kids, and the
school bus may be the _only_ bus that goes near there. Was the school
willing to send a bus to pick up the parent?


I agree that bussing is stupid but that a long buss trip for the parent is
simply one more lame excuse for not tending to your child's needs.

If one can take a long bus trip there's no problem. The nearest bus
stop to any school around here is about 5 miles from the school. One
has to walk both ways if one doesn't have a car.

There is plenty of before hand warning of the consequences if a parent
misses a meeting. If it would present a hardship to attend a meeting for my
child's benefit I would see to it the my child understood what a hardship it
would be to attend a meeting far from home.
Its time to quit making excuses for not taking care of our children.

So how does someone with no car and limited income get to a school
that does not have a bus stop nearby?


Please, you are now reduced to making up ridiculous "what-ifs" to support
a really bad premise, making excuses for the bad behavior of the
"downtrodden". I would be reasonably certain that were there extenuating
circumstances such as these, the school would work with the parents
involved to resolve such issues. In a practical sense, it is seldom people
who are in this level of distress who have the problems the legislator is
trying to address.



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