Slightly ill...

New school hours and bus change. We were informed of the new school hours in which the kids will stay an hour longer at school to be used for instructional purposes. For the past six years, the school bus has picked up my children and daycare children at 7:30 am every morning. We have even been through new bus drivers and it has always been the same. Well now we have another new bus driver and she nor the school told us that we needed to be ready any earlier. Monday morning: bus came at 7:05 am and Michalla was outside feeding the animals when she came running in saying, "The bus is here!" Well, needless to say Michalla and Garron both missed the bus that morning. I called the school and spoke with a lady in the office. I told her the situation and explained to her that we are right around the corner from the school and the bus route for previous years. She said that she would talk with our bus driver and find out from her what time she would be arriving for me to call back in a while to see what she had found out. I called back and she said that she spoke to the bus driver and that she said she would be around 7:30 am. Tuesday morning: bus came again at 7:05 am! By this time, I was completely irate. I walked up to the bus driver and told her what the lady in the office told me and she said she didn't tell her that. I made sure she knew that I was ill and that if they were going to change the bus route in the morning that somebody should've told me. I also let her know that I have daycare kids that sometimes need to get on the bus and it has always been 7:30 but she said that she was coming from Montrose and that she could not change her route. I called the school again and let them know that I was ill. A different lady in the office gave me the superintendent's number to call because he would be the one to get the bus route changed. I spoke with him and he said that he couldn't promise anything but he did understand my concern. He took my number and said that he would give me a call and let me know what could be done. So far, I haven't heard anything. You may be thinking what is 25 minutes early? 25 minutes early is a big difference when I use that time to spend in the morning with my children before they go to school. So now if I want to spend a little time with them before going to school, we have to get up earlier. Michalla and I both are not really morning people. Garron on the other hand just pops up like his daddy. I hope that this can get changed! If I have to, I will take them myself before I let them ride the bus that early. Of course, I will have to wait a couple of weeks until the school traffic subsides because my daycare opens at 7:30 am. Parent lines are too long right now. Hope to here from the superintendent soon!