Some would home school. But the tax dollars are still supporting school busses.
We bus around my area, but every morning and every afternoon there’s a traffic jam over by the dozen schools we have in the area and that’s ridiculous.
It sounds like this was a private school though.
When I was in 5th grade, we had moved within the school district but outside the elementary school district.
My parents had sold their house and we rented for a few years.
There were 4 elementary schools but 1 middle school and 1 high school.
I was allowed though to complete 5th grade at my original elementary school. The following year I’d be going to middle school so it wouldn’t matter then.
These were the days before cell phones, and the principal had said he would not be lending any dimes to kids so they could call their parents.
Cub Scouts was cancelled - the other kids in the den told me so. The den leader might have said as much at the previous meeting, but I forgot.
So I decided to walk home. It would have been well over an hour walk if I had done it, although I didn’t realize that at the time.
On the way, I came across one of my sister’s friends (already in middle school) and asked if I could use her phone. She said yes and I called my mom.
I’m not sure but I think my mom must have had some words with the principal because shortly after that he walked back his comments about not loaning dimes to the kids.