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[lawgirlMI]

Just wanted to let everyone know that I got a flyer tonight stating that through negotiations during contract time at Jefferons, K-8 bussing has been reinstated, beginning with this upcoming school year.

So, if anyone took their kids out of Jefferson because of this issue, or was questioning putting their kids into Jefferson because of lack of bussing, you can now reevaluate your decision.

Congrats Jefferson and their bussing employees for bringing back a much needed service to the schools.

[ShorTea]

Thanks for the update, sounds like the school system and administrators may be working to bring the community and school back together.

[Greg Chamberlain]

I can't believe you people let your school district pull crap like that, especially since your kids are the ones who suffer.

There should have been a recall election in the works the day bussing stopped.

[lawgirlMI]

I can't believe you people let your school district pull crap like that, especially since your kids are the ones who suffer.

There should have been a recall election in the works the day bussing stopped.

Someone posts something positive and the reponse is a bunch of negativity.  Bussing is back!  This is a GOOD thing.  Sheesh.

High schoolers don't generally ride the bus.  I know when I was in high school, I would not have been caught dead riding a school bus.  Some may want to, but the majority of the students in high school don't use the service. 

[utility slug]

Negativity breeds negativity...ignore it.

[lawgirlMI]

Negativity breeds negativity...ignore it.

True.

It is amusing that non-supporters of Jefferson can find the bad in something good though.  Luckily, the parents of Jefferson kids are very excited about this new development, and the kids and parents are who matters, not the haters in the community.

[Fred Munny]

Someone posts something positive and the reponse is a bunch of negativity.

I guess if you define good as an absence of bad, then you would have a point. If I steal $10 from you, and then give you $3... don't complain. You're just finding the bad in something good.  :

[Mike Charter]

Thanks LawGirl, that's great news!  I agree, ignore these negative posters.  I'm getting tired of seeing them comment on every single forum! 

The administration needs to go all the way and reinstate 9-12 busing too. They are probably bringing back just K-8 because of Triumph.

I think 9-12 busing would be a waste since so many kids didn't utilize that service when we had it. I think cutting a service that is not used shows that the administration spends our money wisely!   And Jefferson is not the only district in this area to make cuts to busing!  And I think you are right, Jefferson is probably bringing back K-8 because of Triumph.  In fact, we have so many kids transfering back to Jefferson from Triumph that we can now justify spending the money. 

[lawgirlMI]

I think 9-12 busing would be a waste since so many kids didn't utilize that service when we had it. I think cutting a service that is not used shows that the administration spends our money wisely!

I agree 100%, but apparently others on here will not be happy until every last person has the opportunity to ride the bus (even if they would never use that service in the first place).

[ladyjane]

Lawgirl and Mike,

How about the kids who don't have the transportation. Some of those 9th graders are 13 and 14 years old. There is a lot of country roads in the district, no sidewalks. You say you would not have been caught dead riding a school bus. Are you saying riding a bus to get an education was beneath you? Maybe you were in a good situation. How about the poor? How about single mom's. How about one car families? I thought receiving an education was suppose to be for all the students, not just the ones who have transportation. You may be a lawyer,book smart, your parents may have had money, but where is your compassion and common sense for the less fortunate? If you or your parents were in a different situation, I am sure you would not feel the same way about busing. You ride a bus because you have to do what you have to do. How arrogant of you. Aren't lawyers suppose to stick up for the underdogs and speak for all people?

[lawgirlMI]

What about a limited amount of busing for 9-12? I agree that most high school age kids won't ride the bus, there are some of the younger one who would.

If the school offered it to one high school student, they would have to offer it to them all.  And doing any kind of limited busing might make the school have to get more buses and drivers, which would incur more cost for the school, and I think the cost would outweigh the benefit with the amount of high schooling who actually would use the busing.

I guess schools have to choose where their budgeted money is going, and Jefferson most likely thinks that the money is better used elsewhere then spent busing a very limited amount of high schoolers?

[lawgirlMI]

Lawgirl and Mike,

How about the kids who don't have the transportation. Some of those 9th graders are 13 and 14 years old. There is a lot of country roads in the district, no sidewalks. You say you would not have been caught dead riding a school bus. Are you saying riding a bus to get an education was beneath you? Maybe you were in a good situation. How about the poor? How about single mom's. How about one car families? I thought receiving an education was suppose to be for all the students, not just the ones who have transportation. You may be a lawyer,book smart, your parents may have had money, but where is your compassion and common sense for the less fortunate? If you or your parents were in a different situation, I am sure you would not feel the same way about busing. You ride a bus because you have to do what you have to do. How arrogant of you. Aren't lawyers suppose to stick up for the underdogs and speak for all people?

My parents did not have money.  I paid for all my education myself, without the assistance of anyone (except the federal government, grants, loans, etc., LOL).  I was within walking distance from the school--so I would walk, ride with friends or ride my bike, or my Mom would give me a ride.  My Mom was a single parent, and we were a single low income household.  So, I am compassionate for the less fortunate, because I was one of them.  Schools have budgets.  They need to decide where the money is best spent.  All schools is this state are dealing with budget restraints, cuts from the state, and the like.  Perhaps Jefferson thought the money was better spent on actual education or other programs, and not on busing that may or may not be used.  Statistically, high schoolers are not utilizing the buses to an extent that makes it cost efficient for the schools.  Yea, it sucks that some older kids cannot get busing, but at the same time, I don't know if they would want cuts elsewhere to be able to get that busing again.  It's always a weighing of pros and cons.  It's not *arrogant* of me either.  I did not want to ride a bus.  It does not mean I was snobby, as that is far from the truth given my background.  I did not like the bus, and I used alternate ways to get to school.

[eaglepride]

When lawyers are in the wrong or not thinking of everyone, guess what they do?

They try to justify the wrong by giving some long winded response. 

[Ms Sporty]

Fighting for 9-12 students to be able to ride a bus is not speaking out against Jefferson.

Speaking of public busing. Why should a student have to pay. How about students who can't pay.

Busing was stopped as leverage to pass a millage. Jefferson started losing kids to Triumph and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They now reinstate k-8 busing because of Triumph. Great! A school system is for all the kids in the district. So don't bash the people sticking up for all the students and are requesting busing for 9-12. My kids have it easy, but I am thinking of other kids. Go Bears!

[utility slug]

Eaglepride, the lawyer willl be coming after you next.