HoCo School Bus Clusterf*ck

[Raineman]

Scott Washington has a pretty good reputation. I imagine (this is just my personal take) it probably went more like, "I told you this was going to happen and you wouldn't listen. This is now your mess to clean up, I'm out".

If that was the case, then I would withdraw my abhorrence.

 

[Melnic]

If I cause a problem, I feel its my responsibility to make it right. My conscience doesn't accept me leaving it for someone else to fix. I can't relate to those who are okay with leaving problems they create for someone else to handle.

You exist in private business where you suffer the consequences of your actions like it or not. Not so in government.
Its a culture thing in government around here.
My brother is a retired teacher of 32 years in N.C. He tells me how the culture is so much different down where he is.

 

[smokey]

If that was the case, then I would withdraw my abhorrence.

It's a growing sentiment amongst competent leaders still left in the county. I'm aware of very good principals that are regularly pressured to stop disciplining behavior issues because their numbers look bad on paper "through an equity lens". It doesn't matter that the principals can take failing schools and turn them around to high-performing and safe places. When leadership sees referrals and suspensions for black kids, those principals get an earful. Ideological possession has infected central leadership, causing a systemic downward spiral. It's just more obvious in operations because it's where the real world has the greatest and most visual conflict with theory. It's the same reason engineering and business schools in universities are more resistant to the commie stuff infecting the other schools. Physics doesn't care if you think something is racist.

 

[Biggfoot44]

I'm not an HoCo insider , but as outside casual observer , my first thought was along the lines of :

Yup , this is in the purview that I'm supposed to be responsible for .

Decisions from above have it literally FUBAR'ed . Anything I could do to somewhat improve things , would be seen upstairs as a personal attack on them .

It's a No Win Situiation that can't be. fixed by me at this point . Y'all screw things up by ignoring me , it's on y'all to fix your own mess .

 

[StantonCree]

Apparently 2 bus routes were cancelled today because of bus driver call outs.

 

[Melnic]

"call outs"
Seems like this used to not matter as they always had sub drivers.
Zum should rename their company Stahl
I noticed my neighbor is driving his kids to Middle school this year. He's back before the bus even arrives.
Parents are seeming to arrive 15-20 mins before bus arrives.
When my kids were in Middle School, the bus waited at the top of the street and so it would not be early to the bus stop

 

[rseymorejr]

Apparently 2 bus routes were cancelled today because of bus driver call outs.

My cousin and her husband ran an independent school bus company. They had trouble with call outs once in a while too. When that happened one of them would run the route. When you're a small business you have to find a way to make it work.

 

[Stoveman]

My son rode a bus for all but two of his years in HoCo schools and not once did one of us have to take him to school because his route didn't have a driver.

 

[pbharvey]

Bummer

 

[jc1240]

Bummer

Storms would have canceled them anyway, but the bus situation is stupid. If I understand it, they bus company is HQed in California. Should stick with locals.

On the weather front, Winters Mill cancelled/postponed today's games hours ago. HoCo should have gone with that excuse.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Storms would have canceled them anyway, but the bus situation is stupid. If I understand it, they bus company is HQed in California. Should stick with locals.

On the weather front, Winters Mill cancelled/postponed today's games hours ago. HoCo should have gone with that excuse.

They even blamed the refs!

 

[cantstop]

Honestly, before the FBI became a tool of the DNC this was the kind of criminal activity they were created to investigate. The HoCo school system controls a stupid amount of taxpayer money and this school bus fiasco is certainly just a huge misappropriation of funds.

Some folks should be looking at a long term residence at club Fed.

 

[Stoveman]

Bummer

Second weekend in a row.

 

[rseymorejr]

Second weekend in a row.

The only solution is to raise taxes so the schools get more money

 

[pbharvey]

The only solution is to raise taxes so the schools get more money

I 100% see that coming

 

[spoon059]

My youngest starts kindergarten tomorrow. Need a little less than 13 years here.

Don't get too bold... it didn't take 13 years to completely destroy Howard County...

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[pbharvey]

Someone told my wife over the weekend that Eyers Bus Service in Glenelg offered the county to take the kids to their games for free and the county refused the offer. Obviously I don't know if it's true or not but it wouldn't surprise me knowing Eyers and knowing the county.

 

[Melnic]

Popped up on facebook just now

 

[Stoveman]

Superintendent Martirano is out, resigning in January. Goodbye, dipshit.

HCPSS Superintendent Dr. Michael J. Martirano Announces Retirement

news.hcpss.org

 

[whistlersmother]

Guess his work of f*cking HoCo schools, parents, students, teachers, and taxpayers is done here.