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About a month ago, I was in a local shopping center in Ohio where our school district parks their buses during the daytime hours until PM pickup. There were about twenty-five buses. I got to thinking about that and thought it very reckless and irresponsible so I called the school district and complained. The receptionist on the phone said she would relay it to the superintendent. This past week I checked it out again and sure enough, the buses were sitting there with the bus doors still open and unattended.

This has been a concern of mine since 9-11. In my community I've noticed at heightened times of alert, if there is a bus convoy (maybe three to five busses), you will see a sheriff's escort. Have seen that a couple times.

Had a conversation with a bus driver recently. They say they're aware of security, but since most are ladies, ages 50-60, usually (in my area) I'm not sure there'd be any way to defend against a problem. Face it. Soft targets are the reason we have to take the war on terror to THEM.

Bush knows that. Kerry...well, it's all a nuisance for him.

Hopefully security moms will come through Nov. 2.

Scream bloody murder to the police, the FBI, Homeland Security; any reliable media outlets and a letter to the editor. Copy this article and include it.

Send copies of this article to parents you know and invite them to Scream.

You could, I suppose, notify the supt's office again and add that in 24 hours, your warning notices will be going to both a wider and a higher set of offices. And include this article linked to above.

Not that this would help but I'd personally be very tempted to ask the Supt when he last had a brain scan.

I think I'd also include Beslan articles.

If he's elected, one might note that. If he's appointed, send the same stuff to the idiot that appointed him.

I'd also be tempted to ask:

"Which of the following words is beyond your vocabulary:

"TERRORIST," "PLANS," "SCHOOL," "CHILDREN?"

If all that didn't work, I think I'd get a vehicle with wide sides like a van or truck and make huge signs for each side and park it near the parked busses--something like:

"UNATTENDED SCHOOL BUSSES AWAITING TERRORIST HIJACKING AND BOMB RIGGING. THANK YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL SUPT."

OR

"UNATTENDED SACRIFICIAL VEHICLES--AWAITING 1) YOUR CHILDREN; 2) TERRORISTS AND 3) THEIR SUICIDE BOMBS. COURTESY YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL SUPT."

This is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo OUTRAGEOUS.

I might even hand out fliers at my kids' schools.

If nothing changed, I'd withdraw my kids from school.