I agree with most of what you say. The taxpayers have been ripped off of millions of dollars by grifter Horton and his supporters and fellow grifters on the board of education. According to Hayden’s analysis much of the money is gone and into the hands of the griftors and their friends. Worse, the money already set aside for building a n…
I agree with most of what you say. The taxpayers have been ripped off of millions of dollars by grifter Horton and his supporters and fellow grifters on the board of education. According to Hayden’s analysis much of the money is gone and into the hands of the griftors and their friends. Worse, the money already set aside for building a new school cannot easily be recovered. Of course, we should try to limit new school expenditures to the money already dedicated to that purpose. No more.
On the other hand, bussing is not only expensive, but costs students precious time and flexibility before and after school (Not least of which is loss of sleep). Bussing adds nothing to the neighborhoods bussed kids live in: No playgrounds, no convenient structures available for neighborhood social interactions, and no possibility for teachers and administrators to make use of facilities after hours with children who require bussing.
If you live in a rural area bussing might make some sense. But a dense city like Evanston-Skokie, doesn’t need a large fraction of grade and middle school kids losing time and sleep on traffic congesting, pollution generating school busses.
Honest question... how much time is spent on these busses? Evanston isn’t that big, so Im not imaging that much different than some kids have to walk to school, but am I way off? Are there some gratuitous routes some kids have to endure?
The question is how many stops does a school-bus make in a trip. Each stop takes a lot of time. Just loading a school-bus after school takes a lot of time. I tried bussing my three kids for a while and compared it to driving them directly to two different far-away schools. The busses arrived a half hour or more before I left and took a comparable amount of time bringing them home. IMO a half hour of extra sleep and a comparable amount of after school freedom was valuable enough to make the sacrifice of driving them.
Of course not everyone can afford the time to give their kids another hour each school day. If the kids live nearby and walk to school, the trip is good exercise and relatively quick as well.
It’s not ideal but it does not create adverse outcomes. But agreed in principle. Middle schoolers are not bussed except KA and BR and Chute from 60203. I would argue the 60203 commute to Chute is more detrimental to those families. But the grift? Agreed 100%.
I agree with most of what you say. The taxpayers have been ripped off of millions of dollars by grifter Horton and his supporters and fellow grifters on the board of education. According to Hayden’s analysis much of the money is gone and into the hands of the griftors and their friends. Worse, the money already set aside for building a new school cannot easily be recovered. Of course, we should try to limit new school expenditures to the money already dedicated to that purpose. No more.
On the other hand, bussing is not only expensive, but costs students precious time and flexibility before and after school (Not least of which is loss of sleep). Bussing adds nothing to the neighborhoods bussed kids live in: No playgrounds, no convenient structures available for neighborhood social interactions, and no possibility for teachers and administrators to make use of facilities after hours with children who require bussing.
If you live in a rural area bussing might make some sense. But a dense city like Evanston-Skokie, doesn’t need a large fraction of grade and middle school kids losing time and sleep on traffic congesting, pollution generating school busses.
Honest question... how much time is spent on these busses? Evanston isn’t that big, so Im not imaging that much different than some kids have to walk to school, but am I way off? Are there some gratuitous routes some kids have to endure?
The question is how many stops does a school-bus make in a trip. Each stop takes a lot of time. Just loading a school-bus after school takes a lot of time. I tried bussing my three kids for a while and compared it to driving them directly to two different far-away schools. The busses arrived a half hour or more before I left and took a comparable amount of time bringing them home. IMO a half hour of extra sleep and a comparable amount of after school freedom was valuable enough to make the sacrifice of driving them.
Of course not everyone can afford the time to give their kids another hour each school day. If the kids live nearby and walk to school, the trip is good exercise and relatively quick as well.
It’s not ideal but it does not create adverse outcomes. But agreed in principle. Middle schoolers are not bussed except KA and BR and Chute from 60203. I would argue the 60203 commute to Chute is more detrimental to those families. But the grift? Agreed 100%.