If your kid needs 8 hours per day of commuting that should be some form of child abuse, school bus or no.
Here school is canceled for -20C for under 9th grade and -25C for higher in rural areas, that seems like a fair policy. Though I have walked to school at -25C in 3th grade I think and back because I didnt check the temperature, and that was walking about 40 minutes one way. It was fine, you just need proper clothing and if you live in these cold regions you know that.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sorry… it’s child abuse to live on a farm and have children?
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s child abuse to make your kid spend 8 hours of their day every work day on a bus. If you live in the ass end of nowhere find a better way to educate your kids, it’s the price you pay for living away from civilization, like if I choose to live on top of a mountain I won’t be expecting the postal service to climb 3 million steps to get to me.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Okay, how many hours a day should a child spend on a bus before they need to be taken away from their parents? And does that time include the time it would take for a six-year-old to walk down a gravel road in arctic weather?
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 8 months ago
The same amount a school bus or a regular bus needs to get you to school.