<p>We lived in the very back of our neighborhood and the elementary school was in the front. Right at 1 mile “as the crow flies” so we lost our bus service just as we thought S2 was old enough to come home on his own. A mile is not too far to walk and there were no streets to cross, but it’s long enough to be really miserable if the weather’s bad. DH and I were both working, and my mom offered to pick him up every day. She preferred that to being “on call” in case of bad weather.</p>
<p>This year with S1 a senior and S2 in 7th grade, they walked or rode the city bus to play rehearsals after school. We’ll have to decide next year if S2 can go on his own to rehearsals.</p>