YIKES, What am I gonna do ???

[vcrt]

What part of "you are supposed to be WAITING at the bus stop 5 minutes prior to scheduled bus arrival time, NOT the bus is waiting at the stop for you to arrive

I don't know, it just seems to me that if you left after a reasonable amount of time, the ones who got to the bus stop late would have to be driven to school by a parent who wouldn't be too happy about it and would then have an incentive to give the kid an even bigger incentive
Rich

[Sunline Fan]

Originally Posted by vcrt

I don't know, it just seems to me that if you left after a reasonable amount of time, the ones who got to the bus stop late would have to be driven to school by a parent who wouldn't be too happy about it and would then have an incentive to give the kid an even bigger incentive
Rich

Lol, maybe it's just my old district, but the parents in it were all a bunch of whiners. If their kid(s) missed the bus, they would call the bus yard and act like a big cry baby until the director sent another bus for them. I'm not sure what the cutoff was, but there were a few times when they were caught in time where we had to go stop by there after the stops were completed to pick up the kid before going on to the school.

Now I have to say, in the dead of winter, there was no way I'd be out there a whole five minutes ahead of time. 2-3 yes, but certainly not 5. Then there were the days that I was running for it as it pulled up

Jon

[kanyonkitty]

Our students are required to be at the stop 5 minutes PRIOR to the scheduled stop time. Yes, it's not a great thing in the winter, but we have 200+ buses serving just our county, so we must adhere to schedules in order to get into our schools, and complete all the runs. Once the first run for High/Middle school is completed and students delivered to the high school & then the middle school, the bus goes out again on a route and picks up elementary & intermediate students, and then goes to those 2 schools.

Since I drive a special needs bus, I transport students with varying degrees of disabilities. Ranging from being able to walk onto the bus to being in a wheel chair, and then the varying degrees of mental/physical disabilities.

It's nice to have my summers off, & most major holidays. BUT, the requirements for behind the scene stuff is getting tuffer all the time.

But, I guess I can manage 6 more years.

[Hematite]

Originally Posted by Stan47

One reason I say take it as soon as you're eligible is that it's a guarantee they will be increasing the "full retirement" age, and a good bet that the early retirement penalty will get worse as well.

Not to get into a long drawn out explanation, it IS advantageous to apply for SS benefits at the earliest opportunity. The best case scenario is that you don't "need" the SS check because of a job related retirement income and are you not working. You then put the SS check into an interest or dividend producing account and at the full retirement age you can "buy back" into the SS sysyem by returning the amount you received since 62 and you will then receive the full SS payment from then on.