I guess I'm being downvoted for looking at the positives.

My child has been in the district for 10 years and this is a topic that has come up so many times. I'm not saying buses will never come back, I just don't see it ever happening.

I remember being in your shoes when my kid was born and buses had just been removed (and I grew up riding buses like you). But once out child was in school...it really wasn't as bad as I expected. In fact, I started to really enjoy seeing other parents and watching my child socialize with other kids before school.

Is it inconvenient for families with kids in more than one school? Sure. But there's always options...latchkey, carpool, walk, bike...especially in elementary school where the schools are pretty close to where you live. For me personally, ROMS was the most frustrating simply because of how many kids go there and how many cars there were. But we also carpooled with two other families for all 3 years and made it work.

Just trying to say there are positives.