Disclaimer: DINK here.
When did these car lines become a thing? Does nobody advocate riding a bus anymore? WTF? Every elementary school around now has some sort of ridiculous car line, maybe not as bad as this video, but ridiculous nonetheless. What am I missing?
Well, in that video, I don't see much in the way of sidewalks.
Our school is 50% bussed from downtown, and everyone else is on their own.
A fair # of people are transfer students (like us), ineligible for the bus.
A lot of families can't get their butts in gear in the morning...it flabbergasts me the # of SUVs and cars that are 5-15 mins late EVERY DAY.
Dropoff is not terribly hard. I don't do it - we carpool, so my neighbor does. She usually opts to pull off a block before the school and let the kids walk in. Only issue with that is that they don't let you do that with kindergarteners.
Pickup at the end of the day, if in after school care, requires you to sign your kid out.