Confusing busing system

As a parent of a student at Robert F. Hall I'm trying to figure out why the Dufferin- Peel separate school board finds it necessary to cut a bussing deal with Dufferin county 20 to 30 miles northwest of Bolton. I don't know the exact numbers but I'm sure 40% to 50% at R.F. Hall reside in Bolton and it is no fault of theirs that someone dreamed up this bus system.

I know that I am going to get all sorts of lame explanations from the people within the education system why this is done but they should stop treating us like idiots because we all know the blending of the two boards (Peel and Dufferin separate) bus systems isn't about efficiency - it's about cost savings which is far more important than our kids' education (kidding).

I look outside, the sun is in the sky and the roads are a little damp and our kids aren't at high school learning, meanwhile my daughter's bus to Holy Family was running today.

What you are teaching these teenagers is that when you get out in the real working world and it snows just call your boss and tell him/her that you won't be at work today because you don't feel it is safe. I'm sure the boss won't let this kind of behaviour go on for too long.

Is it any wonder as I read in one of the local papers that the Dufferin-Peel Catholic school trustees have been stripped of their power by the province for being defiant about the budget. I'm sure that these are the bright people who choose to bus our children to and from school for four half days instead of two full PA days, but I guess that math would be too easy.

All in all the trustees got the guy in power they wanted and now all they can do is complain and compare Dalton McGuinty to Mike Harris because they don't get everything that they want.

I have an excellent idea; now that the trustees are nothing but "lame ducks" and there is no need to pay them or pay for their expenses we could put that money towards a decent transportation system so 40% to 50% of Robert F. Hall students from Bolton won't have to stay home on nice days.

Doug Gordon

Bolton