It’s always money.
When I first moved to the town I live in now, I was impressed by the all new schools. However I eventually realized they replaced a bunch of older neighborhood schools with a smaller number of bigger schools. They saved money by providing a worse educational experience and making walking less likely.
We walked to my kids elementary school but the town saved money by not plowing the sidewalks in winter, nor forcing residents to. Our walk would require walking on a major street - until my ex went full Karen and made them plow
When my kids got to middle school, we were in “walking” distance so there was no bus. However that was a full mile including crossing a six lane road whose light was always broken. We ended up choosing a private school in a different town, so there were no buses nor walkability
Regional school districts are now common. More kids goto schools that are not even in their towns
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sometimes, the parents forget to pick up the kids so the teachers get to decide if they leave a child all alone with no help or if the teacher works unpaid over time
Greatest country in the world…
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No. Bullshit. When I got cut loose from 70s-80s elementary I was on my fucking own. We could walk, ride, skate, whatever. We did not require a fucking adult to care for us. Bell rings? GTFO! BYE!
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Idk maybe teachers these days care idk
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 day ago
oh, they definitely don’t care about the kids. They care about getting arrested or sued.
bassad@jlai.lu 21 hours ago
Here if parents don’t show up, teacher have to call the police to pick the kid (it almost happened to me as I was 5 min late)
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Here the kids just walked or cycled home. Bus if you lived further away or didn’t wanna cycle in the winter. But I grew up in a small town in Estonia in the 00s. It may have been literally feared at the time by people not from our town, but generally nobody would hurt a 7 year old and even once you got older, usually people’s beefs were with kids from the other towns nearby, not locals.