The Baytown Bulletin Board

Yesterday for some reason my son who is in second grade ended up on the wrong bus. He went to our house instead of the day care.
When I get to the daycare to pick up my kids they asked where he was. I told them inside and they were like no he's not. I asked why didn't you call me to find out where he is because his sister rode the bus here. They claim that his sister said I guess mom picked him up. (Don't understand her logic why would I pick one up and not the other). I called up to the school and he's not there either and they don't know where he's at. He rode the bus to the house!!! He was at a neighbors house because the house was locked.
When I talked to my sons teacher and the principal they have made arrangements so hopefully this will never happen again but I still don't understand why the bus driver would allow him on the bus without a note from me when he rides the bus to daycare every afternoon?
On top of that transportation has my son and daughter that is also in elementary school getting picked up and dropped off at our house. What I don't understand is at the begining of the year I changed for them to be picked up and dropped off at the daycare. All they can tell me is that they are sorry and will fix it in the computer.
I also called the superintendant Barbara Sultis and her secretary decided that when she talked to the principal that it was resolved and I no longer needed to talk to her?!? How can you make that determination???? I called and asked for her to call me back and you decided that I no longer needed to talk to her? That really upsets me.
Don't get me wrong but I am upset at the entire situation expecially my son! But parents be careful because now I am not so sure that I feel that my kids will be safe when they are at school.

That happens a lot. The protocol is for local admins to handle a situation and if there is no resolution then the Super will step in. She does it to teachers as well. It is a little irritating because we may have issues with our local admins and by the time Sultis might hear about it from them (as protocol dictates) the story is completely skewed or, as has happened to me, the admins lie and cover their butt so that Sultis never does get back to the individual.

I understand she doesn't have time for every parent and personnel issue. I bet she'd have time if your child had been kidnapped or hurt because he was put on the wrong bus.

That's what my feeling was. She never attepmted to call or find out if everything worked out. We have a registered sex offender that lives in our neighbor hood and my kids know not to go any where near his house but that doesn't mean he can't walk the neighborhood. She's imo is not worried about the children just her image. My kids have been in 2 bus accidents in the past 4 years and then this happens. I am really trying to find a job that is closer to my house so that I can drop off and pick them up. Even when my 2 daughters were in the emergency room with minor injuries from the bus acciedent she sent the school counclor. Not only that they wanted me to claim the medical bills on their fathers insurance because he has great benefits and I wouldn't have to pay anything out of pocket anyways. I flat out refused and made the liable for those bills.

You would think if children were hurt she'd hightail it up there.

That bothers me. It's not like something like that happens everyday and it's not like this district is the size of HISD.

Man, your story is really grinding on my nerves.

Like I said that is one of the reasons that I am looking for a job closer to home so I can drop off and pick up my kids.
I don't think that the schools should be my babysitters. But I should feel that my children are safe and I don't. I think that there are some people that work for the schools are great and then we do have those bad apples and I'm sorry to say the higher ups are the bad apples.

I think they just forget because they aren't "in the trenches" like the rest of us. Perhaps they just lose touch.