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My son attends school 4 days a week, and a bus picks him up and drops him off at our house. So today I get him ready for the bus, and we go outside to wait. The bus comes between 8:40 and 8:45, so we just always start waiting outside at 8:35 just to make sure we're out there in enough time and he doesn't miss it.
So this morning I notice his bus is running a little late, but don't think much of it. Then another bus drives down our street, and the driver tells me my son's bus broke down and will be running late. Ok no big deal, I can deal with the bus being a little bit late.
My son and I waited on the bus from 8:35 to 9:15, and it never showed up. The only bus we saw is the one who told us the bus was running late. My son was getting impatient and whiny but didn't want to go back inside to wait, so we just waited outside the entire time.
I finally decided to call the school at 9:15, because the bus was half an hour late at this point. The receptionist, had no idea what I was talking about and claimed my son just missed the bus. So I asked her for the transportation department's number, and called them.
They confirmed my son's bus had broken down, and that they sent several buses out to pick the kids up, and called several of the parents to make them aware of the situation. I told them I was not called because I had my phone with me the entire time, and that the only reason I was even aware of the situation is that another driver told me, so communication failure on the part of the school and transportation department.
Then they told me they sent another bus to our house, and that the driver radioed the transportation office several times to confirm our address. But like I mentioned earlier we were literally outside from 8:35 to 9:15 and only saw one bus on our entire street, and that bus only told us that my son's bus was running late. So I have no idea what happened to this other bus that was sent to our house.
I am a non-driver so I couldn't take him to school myself and my husband works nights and was already in bed for the day, so we decided to just keep him home for the day but my son was still upset over the whole thing because he loves going to school.
So this morning I notice his bus is running a little late, but don't think much of it. Then another bus drives down our street, and the driver tells me my son's bus broke down and will be running late. Ok no big deal, I can deal with the bus being a little bit late.
My son and I waited on the bus from 8:35 to 9:15, and it never showed up. The only bus we saw is the one who told us the bus was running late. My son was getting impatient and whiny but didn't want to go back inside to wait, so we just waited outside the entire time.
I finally decided to call the school at 9:15, because the bus was half an hour late at this point. The receptionist, had no idea what I was talking about and claimed my son just missed the bus. So I asked her for the transportation department's number, and called them.
They confirmed my son's bus had broken down, and that they sent several buses out to pick the kids up, and called several of the parents to make them aware of the situation. I told them I was not called because I had my phone with me the entire time, and that the only reason I was even aware of the situation is that another driver told me, so communication failure on the part of the school and transportation department.
Then they told me they sent another bus to our house, and that the driver radioed the transportation office several times to confirm our address. But like I mentioned earlier we were literally outside from 8:35 to 9:15 and only saw one bus on our entire street, and that bus only told us that my son's bus was running late. So I have no idea what happened to this other bus that was sent to our house.
I am a non-driver so I couldn't take him to school myself and my husband works nights and was already in bed for the day, so we decided to just keep him home for the day but my son was still upset over the whole thing because he loves going to school.
I don't remember if I said anything else, maybe stating that the bus had JUST let us off... although I don't think it happened again either.
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