Sometime I feel we would be better off not sending kids to school for all the snowflake training they seem to do.

The fact parents drive their kids to school and pick them up is a result of the world we live in today. As a kid, I walked to school from first to my senior year (45 minute walk in elementary). My younger sisters walked & when we were all in elementary, we walked together. With all the crazy perps out there, I don't begrudge parents driving and picking up their kids. An unfortunate fact of our times.

If I had a child I'd do my best to have them home schooled.

Yeah, those parents let their kids in front of a high school then kids kiss and huge their parents and tell a story before they set off. That's another 3 min of sitting behind them waiting. If any locals need to get to work should they touch their horn, they get the death stare and for sure the middle finger and curse worlds screaming outta their big ass SUV with rims and rubber band tires. That's how we roll round' here

People with kids, their teachers and admins seem to be more important then anyone else's time

No exaggeration, I walked to school when I was in the first grade! My older brother who was in 3rd grade walked with me.

It is just 4 blocks according to Google Earth in 2018.

Back when I was in first grade the earth was bigger and it was at least a mile. I remember it clearly! It was a long walk. And I did it barefoot and with no shirt. (really) it was in Pearl City, Hawaii, very early 1960s. They had only been a state for a few months. And yea, I was there when Hawaii became a state.

When the kids go back to school, the traffic around our island is noticeably less, restaurants are easier to get in, beach and golf courses less crowded, etc. Vacation is over!

X2 on home schooling as mentioned by Don Ro.

Shoveled 6 feet deep snow from driveway before breakfast. Then walked 4 miles to school in blizzard conditions, uphill both directions.

Barefoot.

And was glad to do it.

Yeah, we couldn't afford shoes.

But we were happy.

We were smacked if we looked unhappy.

School has started and you know what that means…
 

I went to school barefoot because I went everywhere barefoot. I was a little kid with feet as tough as elephant hide. If mom made me put on shoes to go to school I would go next door and hide my shoes behind the neighbors washing machine. Yea, it was outside. It was Hawaii. Mom gave up after the school said it was ok. They did not care.

When we moved back to the mainland in the winter I had to wear shoes and I hate it.

decadent! you had breakfast?!! and a driveway?!!!

It used to be that way until forced busing for desegregation was the hip and cool liberal thing in the 60's.

The most fatal job miscalculation I ever made was when I chose a job 3 counties over. Not a long drive (in summer) but come fall- I got caught behind school buses in three different juristictions- by the time I got to work, I was spent!