Comments on: The Daily Commute (Your Child’s)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:40:20 +0000

Bus arrives at 7 AM and he travels over 45 minutes to get to school.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:15:33 +0000

I never rode a schoolbus when I was growing up in California—always got a ride or walked and, for a time, rode my bike. We considered having Charlie ride his bike to summer school a few years ago when we lived closer to the school, but right now it’s not a realistic possibility not in the early morning (though I guess it would certainly wake him up before he got to school).

By: Norah

Norah — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:51:39 +0000

We don’t really have schoolbusses here. Either you take your kids to school or they go on their own, small towns or big towns.

I used to spend 20-30 minutes bicycling to school (and again back home).

Some kids ride a special car, like a shortbus, to school. Or so I suppose, I only ever saw them come home in it, so I guess they went to different schools too.

By: Marla

Marla — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:27:32 +0000

When M was in public schools she was on the bus for about an hour and a half for a school that was about thirty minutes away. The bus was a never ending stress for her and me.

Now, I have to drive her to her new school which I prefer to do anyway. It takes us about fifteen minutes. It is wonderful!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:47:04 +0000

Literally less than 2 minutes…as we live right across the road from the kids elementary school. In two years, once he starts middle school – he’ll have a bus ride of maybe 20 minutes at the most (depending where on the route he is picked up/dropped off). We’re pretty fortunate to live in a small suburb within a great commute to Syracuse.

By: mayfly

mayfly — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:25:47 +0000

My daughter’s commute is about 5 miles. However it takes the bus about an hour in the morning and over two in the afternoon. I don’t really understand it either.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:03:03 +0000

Last year my son had a one hour bus ride from one site to another. After a full day of Kindergarten he would fall asleep on the bus. This year I take him and pick him up from school, which is only about a 15 minute drive. What a difference!

By: Danni

Danni — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:08:04 +0000

My choice, but my college is 21 miles straight-line distance and a 1 1/2 to 2 hour journey (on public transport) each way. There are closer colleges (around 30 minutes -1 hour away) but the one I go to has a course specifically for people on the autistic spectrum, which I’m finding useful.

The travelling is a problem, but I chose to live in this village miles from any college (it’s near where my daughter lives) and I like my flat. If I could drive it would still take an hour to get there, but I’m having problems just getting my provisional driving licence so I can learn.

By: FXSmom

FXSmom — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:38:41 +0000

no it’s not two hours…thank goodness. I take him in the morning to avoid a long ride so it’s about 25 minutes. In the afternoon he rides the bus but only for about 15 minutes. Matt is still not 100% potty trained so I have it in his IEP for him to not ride longer than 30 minutes.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:26:34 +0000

It takes me 15 minutes to get to his school in my car, but his bus ride is an hour each way, given the number of kids being picked up. There are actually programs closer, but since they are all run by incredible jerks, I’d rather have the extra commute and a good teacher any day.