Reluctant Grandma » Education

School Bus Issues

Grandma — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:30:56 +0000

I wish the school bus drivers would rotate on different routes. If your kid gets assigned to a bus with an unhappy or incompetent bus driver, they are stuck with this driver for the entire year. I cannot stand this driver who comes to fetch my grandson. She may be good at the mechanics of driving a bus, but she is horrible at controlling the children while the bus is in motion. I hear all kinds of disturbing stories about kids getting slapped, punched and kicked while riding her bus.

Spring Break Cuts

Grandma — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:28:26 +0000

Because there was so much snow this winter, the children missed way too many days from school. Frankly, there were at least 3 days when I think they could have gone to school. But those wimps at the school board declare a snow day if there is even one speck of snow on the ground.

So now the kids have to make up those lost days. They blockheads at the school board decided to cut 4 days off of the spring break schedule and make the kids go to school instead of spending quality time with their families.

How Did We Do It?

Grandma — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:26:33 +0000

It’s been 25 years since I had to get a 6 year old dressed and ready for catching a school bus. I don’t know how we did it!

I figured that if the bus comes at 7:15, we need to walk out the door at 7:07 to give us plenty of time to get down the street to the corner bus stop. So I set the alarm for 6:00 am. Ugh.

This boy took FOREVER to wake up and start moving around. He’s worse than ME before my coffee!!!!!!

Getting Ready for the New School Year

Grandma — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:30:06 +0000

School starts on August 14, so I want to get the list of school supplies and start picking up those things over the next two weeks.

All the WalMarts have a cardboard display with photocopies of each school’s name and grade specific school supplies that need to be bought and delivered to the school on the student’s first day.

I checked two different WalMarts for our school’s list and they don’t have any. So I asked at customer service and they told me that the school has not given them the lists yet. I don’t know if that’s true, but I would hope the customer service clerk isn’t lying.

Swim Lessons

Grandma — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:40:34 +0000

She doesn’t seem the least bit concerned about teaching him to swim. He is already 6 and can’t do anything but splash in the lake and the pool at their apartments. So I’ve signed him up for swim lessons at the YMCA and paid for them myself. If she can’t take him to class 4 days a week for an hour, then I will do it. Kids need to learn how to swim while they are still fearless.