I'm LIVID!!
Taryn's bus driver has always dropped her off past the intersection that is her "bus stop" because the intersection is unsafe.
Today she had a substitute driver and she dropped her off at the unsafe stop in a big snow bank and left her there!
I always watch from the door because grade 1's are allied to walk home alone, but because of the snow and having no side walks on our side I went to meet her.
I stopped the driver and showed her where the driver drops her off, and the woman just said "well that's not what the paper says!" and drove away!
I called Pearson fuming, and the idiot on the line says that it's not their problem, the driver is a trainer for the MTO and she did nothing wrong because that is her appointed bus stop.
she says that she should be crossing the road with the bus.
ok, so she crosses at the corner with the bus...then she has to cross again at the opposite side of the intersection, and than on her own again in front of our house...at 6!
and then she says that it's my obligation as a parent to make the decision if it's safe for my child to walk home unattended.
NO SHIT!!?? at her normal every day bus stop that she has been dropped off at for over a year it is perfectly safe for her to walk on the grass as I watch from the door!!
what human being drops a 6 yr old off in a snow bank at an intersection with only one way stop signs alone who is visibly confused and leaves??!
We have ever requested that the move the bus stop down the road further where it's safe and their response is "we don't do door to door delivery". I'm not being LAZY! I'll walk where I need to, I just value my child's safety!
Pearson bus lines, you've been spotted.