Jennifer Smith was worried before her son ever boarded the bus. The boy, a 6-year-old kindergartner at Mather Elementary School in Dorchester, had never ridden a school bus before. But when Smith’s work schedule changed, she reluctantly signed her child up for transportation. Samuel “Sammy’’ Aaron rode the bus just once and his mother has regretted it ever since. In January, Jennifer Smith arrived at the Mattapan bus stop on time, but her son failed to show.
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At some point,kindergartners may need to be bar-coded plastic magnetic sticker or tape, color coded for the bus route. Optional of course.
Michael Hughes was supposedly replaced after the fiasco at the beginning of the year. Bus monitors have even mandated to be on these buses. We need to hold the administration responsible for failing our children and the parents that entrust our kids to them. I don't know how Matt Wilder can continue to make excuses for the ineptitude of Court Street.
I think this is a ridiculous story. Bus drivers are now expected to monitor that students get off at the appropriate bus stop !!! Give me a break. The headline reads: "Pupil, 6, dropped off at wrong bus stop". How about "Dopey kid GETS OFF BUS at wrong stop" Isn't that what happened. Why assume any responsibity - blame someone else. Further, how is the issue of late bus arrivals and the related fine of $800,000 even remotely related to this story. Just "inflammatory reporting" in my opinion.
Wow, you are an intensitive piece of work. I mean we are talking about a 6-year old kid.
Seriously, what's worse: that the BPS let a six-year-old off at the wrong stop or the the BPS wouldn't return the mother's phone calls?