It is all about control. I was a student at EBR Parish schools where I was bussed miles and hours away from my neighborhood school. The judge in charge of the thing got to approve the routes, busses, school lunch menus, etc. Of course he never ruled that the district bussing could end, even after it became a urban sprawl causing disaster. He was drunk on power.
The kids are obviously pawns...
If they don't have standing, then who the heck does?