Schoolbus Fleet https://www.schoolbusfleet.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6183 Kids who miss the bus are very likely to accept a strangers help and could be molested, or some begin to chase for their bus and be hit by another motorist. One 12-year-old girl was afraid to confront her mom that she missed the bus so she hid in her room. Her mom was hearing motion and assumed it was a bugler and called the police.
Life Parents https://www.huffpost.com/entry/school-bus-study_n_56d49dc8e4b0871f60ec46c3 Students who have been riding the bus since kindergarten are absent less and less likely to be absent. A 20% increase in their attendance. School districts transports one in eight, which had lowered from one in four since 1970's.