My son normally is in from school around 3:50. It hits 4pm and I'm starting to get concerned, then 4:10 all the way up to 4:20. I'm calling the school and can get through. I'm calling ex and can't get through...now I'm starting to imagine the worse, someone kidnapping him, he missed his bus and sitting at the school all alone...and so on.
Finally here comes bus 128 which is not his bus and I'm starting to really get concerned because thinking...oh no, his bus has been here and gone and I didn't even see it. As I'm watching kids get off I don't see my son...I'm starting to really freak out. Then at the last minute as the bus pulls away I see this short blonde hair kid...phew, it's my son.
I asked him what happened to cause the bus to be so late and then I get the news that his bus driver had crashed the bus and is in the hospital. Of course I'm going to call the school up and confirm this but YIKES!!! What if she had crashed with all the kids on the bus? If she's hurt then chances are other kids would have been hurt or even killed if they were on the bus with her. Ugh! Anyway, I'm going to call to make sure the information is correct because he is only 9 and he could have misunderstood what had happened. Still, I want to know why they were so late and didn't call me. Why when I called them no one answered the phones...and I'm going to ask for a second number so if this happens again I can call and find out what is happening.
This school did this once before but I was home schooling him and so I wasn't the worried parent. The only thing that last time this happened, buses were 2 hours late getting home and there were parents wondering all over the neighborhood trying to figure out what to do...no one called any of those parents and parents were lining up at the schools to get answers.