
Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
But that would mean snowflakes crossing major streets. Can't expect the parents to actually teach the kids, can we??
While some helicopter parents would freak out without door-to-door bus delivery, I suspect that our $24 billion dollar school busing budget is more the result conservative snowflakes whining about taxes needed for descent public transit systems. In major cities that actually have decent public transit, there is far lass busing by schools.
Like Chicago, where only about 5% of students are bused. Although, that still costs $83 million which is more than Chicago spends on classes and programs for advanced and "gifted" students.