KAnderson

Thank you for reminding parents to be more ligitimate in their complaints. Somehow somewhere along the lines, parents have forgotten that it is not the schools responsibilty to get their children to school, it is the parents responsibility. The school is only responsible for educating the child. I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to the tax rate (school tax) if parents don't resume that responsibility. How many of these parents actually paid that tax when it was so high? I certainly don't want to see that again, I am sure I am not the only one. I do understand the comlicated measures that parents have to deal with in transporting their children back and forth to school, I have been doing it for 21 years as a working parent, and I have worked all 3 shifts in that time. I have 1 child left in Hamptons public school system and intend on continuing what I have always done--- If I can't get there--- make other arrangements. Calling the school everyday and attempting make the staff responsible for the boards decision is not the right answer. They are only the front line staff trying to deal with budget cuts like every other entity ,ie. private, non profit businesses, government, and most households. The right answer, what ever that may turn out to be, is not going to please everyone, and no one is "entitled" to be pleased. So far parents and daycare staff are the only ones not meeting in the middle to try to resolve this problem. The school is at least providing the usual busing option for children who live beyond a reasonable distance from the school.  Parents aren't willing to take back their responsiblity and daycare staff are not willing to provide supervision to a child by either providing a transportation service (like other daycares) and they don't seem to be willing to meet children at bus stops. Isn't that what parents are paying for?- supervision of your child from the moment they are out of school?-which is when they step off of the bus. I would like to hear the perspective of a stay at home parent who is being affected by this change.

Do you really think calling the schools every day to make sure your child is safe is going to solve anything? Do you think the person answering the phone made the rule? They did not. However; after hearing how much we spend on bussing I am glad our board cut bus routes instead of teachers. In this economy the real question is where we can afford to cut. I applaud the board for making parents become more responsible. I would rather everyone have to take care of transporting their children than have 30 or more children in classes because of teacher cuts. I believe our board is doing the best they can to make sure our children our receiving the best education possible.