Spin Off--How did YOU get to school?

[golfgal]

I noticed on the other thread that very few kids walk to school. Just curious, how did YOU get to school. Poll coming, maybe, if I can figure it out.

 

[cinmell]

I walked to school thru eighth grade and either got a ride or drove to high school.

 

[tiggerlover]

I chose other.

K-1: bus
2-5: walk
6-10: bus
11-12: drove myself

 

[sweet angel]

Walked through 9th grade.
10-12 - bus, or walked if I missed the bus (well over 2 miles)

 

[stinkerbelle]

bus k-3
walked or rode bike 4-10 (yes, even in highschool, I rode my bike at times)
11+ - drove myself

 

[lilostitch]

I walked for awhile, then started riding my powder blue banana seat bike with clouds on the seat! A lot of kids rode their bikes, and we locked them up with our little chains

 

[stinkerbelle]

I walked for awhile, then started riding my powder blue banana seat bike with clouds on the seat! A lot of kids rode their bikes, and we locked them up with our little chains

Did you ever ride your bike to school...and then walk home...and then went to get your bike so you could go over a friends house and you got all bajiggidy that someone stole your bike?

then you realize it's the ONLY ONE sitting at the school locked up?

ok...maybe that was just me.

 

[MinnieM21]

Kindergarten - 10th: mom drove me
11th - 12th: drove myself

My school was far away so it would have been impossible to walk. I would've had to walk down a freeway.

I've never taken a bus in my life.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Bus until I hit 9th grade, than my mom would take us and pick us up.

 

[cepmom]

K - 6 walked
7 - 10 walked in fall and spring, got the bus (mom paid) for the winter
11 - 12 drove myself

 

[mannasn]

My parents drove me. I went to private school through 8th grade, and even after I transferred to the public school they wouldn't let me ride the bus. I didn't have my own car until senior year.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I lived around the corner from my school, and I started walking alone when I was in the first grade. When we moved to another town, around the fourth grade I walked about 3 blocks to a bus stop.

My dd is in the fourth grade, and she's allowed to ride her bike to school - about a 10 minute ride, including the crosswalk. It amazes me how many parents won't even let their kids walk down the street to get to school - and I'm talking about those ages 8 and up. We live in a pretty safe neighborhood, with dozens of kids walking and riding bikes in the neighborhood, so I feel comfortable with my dd doing it on her own.

 

[froglady]

K-9 walked
10-12 bus or got ride with friends I had an afterschool job downtown from 10th grade on, so rode the bus downtown. Then my mother picked me up afterwork. I didn't have a car or drive until I was 23.

 

[mickman1962]

k-9 bus
10-12 motorcycle (really rough in the winter but better than the bus)

 

[julie_yet]

K - 4 a parent or friend's parent drove me.
5 - 6 I walked.
7 - 8 I took a bus.
After that I was home schooled.

 

[Planogirl]

I usually walked but then I lived close to my schools.

 

[disney50fam]

by broom....

LOL J/K I walked.... my kids now ride the bus

 

[jonestavern]

I went to 13 schools, so it is a grab bag--
mostly k-6 walking--except 4th grade in Kingsville TX, the Moms had a car pool.
Last half of 6th thru 12th bus, the schools were 10/14 miles distant.
Oh, unless the winter weather was atrocious there was a max walk of 2 miles to the bus stop--no dropping off every 50 yds or so!

Jean

 

[CindyKansas]

K-5 walked the 5 blocks to school, we only had one car and my dad drove it to work.
6-9 walked the 12 blocks to the Middle School/High School
10-12 I drove

 

[CEDmom]

I walked up until 7th grade and from then on took the bus or got a ride.