I just got the School BUS Schedule Cards for my 2 children in the mail just now!! PLeaZzzzze tell me WHO is working the bus schedules cause they are both soooo wrong!! Absolutely CraZY!!!! ...and not only the STREETS ARE FAR AWAY from my home but the streets they have listed on the cards are being called by a name the streets are not what they really are called!!! Who is reading the MAPS when putting together our children's bus schedules?
They have Mariah scheduled to be picked up ONE HOUR & 30 MINUTES before school starts!! Not only that they have her needing to walk and be picked up 2 BLOCKS AWAY on the corner of a BUSY in the morning 4 lane DAVIE BLVD!! (All those coming to attend St. Thomas High School and AM Morning Commuters going into Downtown) On the bus card they are calling it EBOUND PETERS Road!! Her school is maybe a 10 minute car ride away from our home!
She has ESE Bus Support and details clearly and specifically written into her IEP in that little box which is totally being disregarded and not being considered at all! NONE of her IEP was considered! She has DOOR-TO-DOOR Closest Safest Stop written into her IEP.
*Broward is Out of Compliance.....AGAIN!!
Well guess we will be passing on the school bus transportation this year, the hassle is SO NOT WORTH IT ANYMORE!!! I am not up to dealing with all the BULLSHIT that comes with using the Public School Buses...especially the ESE Buses here in Broward County!! I am not willing to deal with the blatant disrespect anymore either, that I witnessed everyday from the ESE Bus DRIVERS & ESE Bus Aides and they all 'get away with it' on a daily basis!
NOT DOING ANY OF IT THIS YEAR!! I was very patient dealing on a daily basis with Mariah's ESE bus people ALL last year!! Her bus aide last year would NEVER say good-morning or a simple hello to her and daily would GRAB & YANK Mariah's backpack off her shoulder before my daughter ever put her foot on the first bus step! It was sickening to watch everyday! I complained about it, but nothing changed....and that was her ESE Bus Aide helping and 'assisting' my daughter? THAT WAS NOT what was written on my daughter's IEP for that kind of assistance. Do any of these Bus people ever READ that little bit of information that we FIGHT to even get written into our children's IEP documents under Transportation?
I have no more patience for any of the disrespect and nonsense anymore!!
My High School son has been using the CITY BUS for the past two years. NO COMPLAINTS getting him to and from his school on time everyday! NO HASSLES & DISRESPECT from the Bus Driver...ever! City Bus Drivers TALK to you!
Tell me ~ do you have ESE Bus concerns? Post a comment and SHARE your positive experiences and not-so-positive experiences with using the Public School Bus Transportation.
*Here is what WSVN had to say about the BUS CARDS and Parents being upset with not knowing accurate pick up and drop off information for the start of school tomorrow. (Click link below)
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21008311264392/broward-parents-upset-for-lack-of-school-bus-info/
EVERYONE ~ HAVE A GREAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Another recent article pertaining to Broward's Bus situation.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/highered/fl-broward-school-buses-runcie-20120824,0,7556040.story#tugs_story_display
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I don't even think my bus route is in place AGAIN. This is our 4th year!
It is a lil crazy, cant speak for other years... but for this year it looks kinda bad. Some passes came in the mail with no pick up time lol. I think it has to do with the restricted budget that the school board is facing. I do drive a school bus as well for charter schools. Pleased to say that things look extremely smooth for us.
Don't even have my postcard with the pickup time yet. I called Central Transportation today, the cards were mailed out yesterday, but I am welcome to attend an open house at their main office to get the schedule tomorrow.... REALLY???? My son is supposed to have pickup at our house too (per his IEP). Hope we don't have the same driver as last year, who went off route to teach two boys to get along. I reported it, but nothing was done.
Debbie
Sorry to hear and I hope it doesn't take MONTHS like it has in the past to get your iddy-biddy back on the Bus "program". Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Bad Bus Bad Bus!
No PICK-UP Time listed? Hmm, now that could be hard to plan for every morning! As far as the restricted budget, the Bus Department was the first to get a Make-over by the new Superintendent last year.
....Oh and Thank You for being a Bus Driver!
"My son is supposed to have pickup at our house too (per his IEP). Hope we don't have the same driver as last year..."
ESE Bus students have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) with Instructions written into 'that transportation box'. I wonder if Bus peeps read those little 'iep boxes' individual to the students riding the buses. Maybe the employee that used to read those little iep boxes was promoted to be a Compliance Specialist that we've been seeing at our IEP meetings lately.
We might want to consider a way to GRADE BUS DRIVERS and the BUS AIDES as well....maybe an end-of-the-year parent survey for our children's bus routes/bus numbers would be a good idea.
With a NEW Bus Department Supervisor hopefully things will operate better than in years past. Maybe the call-ins and the way parents are treated when calling into the transportation phone system will be easier to get thru on as well this year.
Thanks for posting your comment and have a great 2012-2013 school year Debbie!
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