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Rufus
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 Posted - 10/01/2009 : 10:44:18 AM
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There is a poll on the T.R. Commercial website as to whether or not you would support there being one bus run for all the grades in the district. This would mean that young 5's through 12th grade would ride the same bus. Although this would not effect my family because my grade schooler walks, I feel that this would be a horrible idea. My oldest daughter is in the high school and was immediately afraid for the grade school kids when I mentioned this to her. She has been the victim of bullying ever since riding the bus to the middle school 3 years ago. She is frequently subjected to foul language, name calling and threats. Can you imagine a grade schooler being around this?
It is my understanding that T.R. Schools has a zero tolerance policy on bullying, yet it continues to happen. She told me about a friend of hers that is being constantly harrassed by a team mate of hers. This team mate also harrassed another girl to the point that her parents pulled her from T.R. Schools and transferred her to Schoolcraft. Apparently her parents didn't say anything to any school personnel because their daughter was embarassed to be a victim. Did no one at the high school think to ask why she wanted a transfer? Especially with the budget being effected by the cuts from Lansing.
Which brings me back to the "savings " that would be proposed by combining all students to one run. Where are we going to get extra buses? They are already riding 3 to a seat, sometimes 4. To me this is a huge mistake from many angles. What does anybody else think?
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outsidelookingin
Newbie
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Posted - 10/01/2009 : 6:25:57 PM
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| Their zero tolerance policy means that "they don't want to hear about it". My child was having problems and was told that if it didn't get worked out then he/she (my child being bullied/threatened) would be suspended!!!!! We were told the other kids were disciplined and found out later nothing was done to any of them. |
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GRamsey
Newbie
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Posted - 10/01/2009 : 10:35:14 PM
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| We need to see the data that made this idea look logical, in the name of budget safety and common sense should not be compromised. I would have to agree with you Rufus that kindergartners should not be subject to the cruelties and "fun" of high school students. |
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lovinlife
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Posted - 10/01/2009 : 11:18:23 PM
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| They need to get Madia (Tyler Perry) on that bus! |
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cuzimrite
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Posted - 10/02/2009 : 10:18:31 AM
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There are other (smaller) school districts that this works in. It takes more training of the bus driver, and some sort of partition to separate the younger and older kids.
During an incredibly ill-advised 3 month stint as a TRPSD bus driver, I found that most of the kids will do fine in nearly any situation...real or imagined. |
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silentTRobserver
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Posted - 10/02/2009 : 12:19:20 PM
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| Er, where does parental responsibility come in here with regard to the behavior of high school students? Byt the time they reach that age, shouldn't they have grasped the principles of good public behaviour, and courtesy to others? Sad that we must all endure the extra expense of more buses in order to all the older, more badly behaved children to be segregated from the rest. What an admission about the type of people we are educating. |
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cuzimrite
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Posted - 10/02/2009 : 1:14:17 PM
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| Ask to ride on a school run, other than your child's. It may give you some insight into the Jekyll-Hyde behavior of the most well-behaved (at home) kid. |
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amazon
Active Poster
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Posted - 10/02/2009 : 6:57:20 PM
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| The school bus is another example of mob behavior: everyone else is acting this way, so it's okay for me, too. Just tune in to any sporting event... |
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lovinlife
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 12:46:29 AM
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You have my permission to make my kids walk if they are mean to little kids. Then I'll beat them when they get home. 
I lived in a smaller town where we rode busses with elementary students. It was actually quieter and more under control with the mixture. Maybe because the older kids have a sense of big brother/sister when younger students are around.
Raising the bar of expectation on behavior is what kids need. They will almost never exceed what we expect of them. So, expect more and we'll get more. Expect that they will behave properly, or kick them off the bus. Simple.
Simply saying "kids will be kids" results in exactly that; kids doing foolish and mean things. We all know foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. Our job is to get rid of the foolishness.
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silentTRobserver
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Posted - 10/05/2009 : 8:55:42 PM
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| Nope not convinced - only by the expect the best from your kids part. I'd rather have a house devil-street/angel kid, than one that is out of control when its out of my sight! Up to ME to make sure my child, whatever their age, understands that there are expected standards of behavior in a community environment. |
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Buck
Forum Admin
USA
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Posted - 10/13/2009 : 12:16:25 PM
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"Single bus runs" receive attention during TR Board of Education meeting.
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. |
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Buck
Forum Admin
USA
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Posted - 05/20/2010 : 5:26:14 PM
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The transition to use of single bus runs in the Three Rivers school district continues to move forward.
Rome is burning and I have no fiddle. |
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single bus run for T.R. Schools
