I'm facing a dilemma here and it's cauing some friction at home. I need some advice.
The school/daycare my kids go to run a camp in the summer. It's technically considered a school, so they need to run it as a camp when the school year officially ends - I guess school board/state politics or something.
Anyway, this year, Kaylie's group will occassionally be going on field trips. The school has 2 buses. They're those mini school bus things. Other than being painted blue and white and having the name of the school all over them, they don't look any different than mini school buses to me. They use them daily during the school year to bus kids from the local elementary school back there for the after school program. I'm almost positive that at least one of the buses has shoulder belts.
I need to get more information and see the buses for myself, but I'm having issues with this. First of all, I want to make sure these things are safe before I will even consider letting my child on it. I imagine they're as safe as regular school buses?
My bigger concern however, is that the teachers drive these things. I have a problem with this. I want to know that they're good drivers. Are they used to driving buses? Can they handle driving these things with a bunch of 4-5 year olds on it? Granted, there will be several teachers on the bus, so the driver will be able to concentrate on driving while the other teachers are handling the kids. But I'm still concerned.
Then there's the whole issue of my child being off the school's premises, which is a whole other topic I'm freaked out about.
The kids have been talking about it in school and Kaylie told her teacher she wouldn't be allowed to go on field trips and asked her if she would have to stay in school with the babies I never told Kaylie she couldn't go - we never even discussed it. Apparently, she asked the teacher if there were car seats on the bus and when the answer was no, she automatically assumed she wouldn't be allowed on the bus. What have I done to my kid
So what would you do? I don't want K to be left out, but I have some real concerns about a potentially non-experienced bud driver transporting my kid.
Am I totally over-reacting? DH thinks I'm nuts and asked if he should start constructing a glass bubble
Amy
The school/daycare my kids go to run a camp in the summer. It's technically considered a school, so they need to run it as a camp when the school year officially ends - I guess school board/state politics or something.
Anyway, this year, Kaylie's group will occassionally be going on field trips. The school has 2 buses. They're those mini school bus things. Other than being painted blue and white and having the name of the school all over them, they don't look any different than mini school buses to me. They use them daily during the school year to bus kids from the local elementary school back there for the after school program. I'm almost positive that at least one of the buses has shoulder belts.
I need to get more information and see the buses for myself, but I'm having issues with this. First of all, I want to make sure these things are safe before I will even consider letting my child on it. I imagine they're as safe as regular school buses?
My bigger concern however, is that the teachers drive these things. I have a problem with this. I want to know that they're good drivers. Are they used to driving buses? Can they handle driving these things with a bunch of 4-5 year olds on it? Granted, there will be several teachers on the bus, so the driver will be able to concentrate on driving while the other teachers are handling the kids. But I'm still concerned.
Then there's the whole issue of my child being off the school's premises, which is a whole other topic I'm freaked out about.
The kids have been talking about it in school and Kaylie told her teacher she wouldn't be allowed to go on field trips and asked her if she would have to stay in school with the babies I never told Kaylie she couldn't go - we never even discussed it. Apparently, she asked the teacher if there were car seats on the bus and when the answer was no, she automatically assumed she wouldn't be allowed on the bus. What have I done to my kid
So what would you do? I don't want K to be left out, but I have some real concerns about a potentially non-experienced bud driver transporting my kid.
Am I totally over-reacting? DH thinks I'm nuts and asked if he should start constructing a glass bubble
Amy