<p>Our public school system only provides bus service for k-8 students who are 2+ miles from school. Budget cuts. IMO, that is ridiculous as many students live In areas I would not be comfortable walking 2 blocks. Some of them get rides. But surely some dont. There is a big difference between a 12 year old walking 1.5 miles and a 6 year old. My kids attended our neighborhood Cathilic school k-8. It’s a mile from home, but we dropped off in the morning and they were able to take a bus that dropped 3 blocks from home after school. Only walked if walked with them (which we did sometimes in good weather) because there was a very busy road to cross and at some point they got rid of the crossing guards!</p>