Today we’re looking at car-pools. So far we’ve covered how to start organizing a car-pool and rules to follow.
There are alternatives to the tradional car-pool that you may want to consider as well. Not everything has to be about driving. You might consider a…
Walking-pool – where parents set days to walk a group of kids to and from school or other activities.
Bike-pool – same as walking, but of course on bikes (or scooters).
Long-term pools – a long term pool might be that one or two parents handle transport for a week at a stretch. Then new parents take over the …read more

In the previous post we looked at how to start organizing a car-pool. In this post we’ll continue with this; looking at rules and information you’ll need to discuss at your car-pool parent meeting.
Information to discuss: All parents need to know the following about the other parents; someone should keep notes and then make up a chart for the other parents.

Full name of parent driving
Home, work, & cell number
Address – home and work
Available days and times to car-pool
Number of kids in family who will be included in the car-pool.
Size of car – i.e how many kids will safely fit in …read more