First week of school is a headache!

Have you called the school or the bus company yet? That makes no sense that the driver is that early unless the driver is skipping stops or? We are a few houses away too. My eldest says they go even further around town than they did last year she claims by a hospital of some sort and they cross the river.

I guess a few stops got dropped, so he makes it here sooner.

But they should contact you and tell you that... it's only common courtesy!

Me too! I just hope they are misplaced as the teachers and principals will be getting an ear full because they will have to deal with the other shoes she has and lump it! Since they want brand new spanky shoes to not scratch up the gym floor IMO then they should just wear socks in the gym then!

How awful! You were lucky your Dr would take care of your son. Nowdays they don't do stitches in office, only the ER does them. And of course it costs a boatload more to go to the ER then to the Dr's office. Seems so silly to me why they can't do anything more now days than assess the sniffles, common infections and physicals. The teachers are supposed to be there from 8am-4pm. The girls didn't get off the bus til nearly 4:30pm! Mind you they get out at 3:25 and heaven forbid it takes an hour to get home cause they have the "big" bus and drive kids home all over town instead of certain neighborhoods.

Yeah and you have kids in 2 diff schools to deal with too. I hope they find those shoes or they are SOL cause I'm not buying junk shoes and when you find them brand name for a steal, they won't be easy to replace for the price I paid.

My kids are in 3 different schools. Our elementary school only goes to 3rd grade.. so the twins are entering middle school, the oldest is entering high school, and then the kindergartener. Make sure you let us know on Tuesday if they found her shoes!

I am hoping the routine indeed improves! I know the first week was a mess last year. But my daughter said they have additional stops this year too and in other parts of town. If it doesn't improve I will be calling and having a bird. Yeah waiting til tuesdays sux! But whatcha going to do? Not only a dent in our budget but the fact I found those shoe for her on PURE LUCK! I can't find a junky pair of shoes for that price for those Fila's I bought.

I used to drive them but the parking at school is horrid it's a giant game of "chicken" and with them on the bus it saves me gas and wear and tear on my car.

That's messed up! A smoke break!?!?! I remember our bus driver for summer school forgetting to drop us of once as I recall we were on the bus and he stopped outside of a fast food place and may or may not of bought us hash browns or something and then drove us back to where we were supposed to be. For some reason it seemed like it was a long time we were there in the bus waiting in God knows where because they shipped the suburb kids to Milwaukee at the time for summer school instead of our school district. Yeah I was a bit creaped the first day when I picked up the girls. There was a girl on the next block/stop but her house is for sale and so far has not ridden the bus. Eitherway, there was a red car of sorts parked at the end of her road, now when it's way too hot (which it has been) or too cold we'll park our vehicles at the end of the block so the kids have some shelter. So I thought it could possibly be the other girls parent waiting there but the girls said that girl wasn't at school and probably had moved already. So I dunno. Usually I wait with them as their stop is off a highway in the morning and walk them home. But they usually walk home just fine from the stop and I watch from my kitchen window in winter. I always worry that with being by such a busy road anything could happen. Well sadly I found the shoes super cheap! So cheap they are cheaper than the cheepies wal-mart and k-mart sell. So trust me even a cheap replacement wouldn't be very cheap because they don't last. I think I did well I paid bout $10-12 for her fila's otherwise they were about $35-45