To wish schools did a collection and delivery service, they could do it to raise funds for the school

[RedCherryPie]

Say if you live within a ten min walk

You should be able to pay say a pound to have your child walked home

That would be so handy

As I have a baby asleep upstairs
And now I'm going to have to get the baby up just to go on use school run

Yes I could ask a friend to drop off my eldest, but I don't like to take advantage and would rather save favours for emergencys

[MrsWinnibago]

Lol. In your dreams! A fiver a week for what amounts to childminding!

[AlpacaLypse]

Has anyone at your school ever talked about a 'walking bus'?

The primary nearest here has set one up, they start at one end of the housing estate and scoop children up as they go. Various parents take turns to be the ones at the front and the back monitoring the holding of hands in the crocodile etc etc.

[gordyslovesheep]

agreed ! better still I could pay them to walk my kids 3 mins to the next school for after school club rather than having to change work hours to collect them when my CM quit!

[MrsWinnibago]

Crystal so organise another one! They're usually put together by parents...not schools. The school supports them by offering safety advice and making them all wear high visibility jackets.

[RedCherryPie]

It's not childminding it picking my eldest up from school

And walking her home which is less than five mins walk

A pound is a good deal for a five min walk surely

[Ziggyzoom]

I can see the 'scooping up' on the way to school working. But what do you do on the way home when various parents take the piss don't get back from work on time?

[RedCherryPie]

How Do walking buses work, do they drop off at he door, or just at the end of the street
As if you have to go to the end of huge street to drop n collect you 'might just as well just walk to the school

[JenniferJo]

When I was teaching in the 70s the going rate for that was £1 - I'd say you need to up your offer, if you're serious.

[AuntieStella]

I thought you meant for parcels!

Vastly preferable to waiting in for couriers.

[RedCherryPie]

Yeah or stick them on a lorry lol

[JohnCusacksWife]

If it's less than a 5 minute walk why can't she just walk home unaccompanied?

[RedCherryPie]

She's only seven

[MyFairyKing]

Ask around if there are any people in the same or next street as you. You could do a walking rota.

[JenniferJo]

My DSs walked home on their own from the age of 7.

[Notso]

DS1 was walking home at 7.

[JohnCusacksWife]

As longs a your local roads aren't really busy I think a 7yr old is capable of walking such a short journey. Although it is scary the first time you let them!

[Jinglebells99]

Our primary had a walking bus to school just one day a week on Fridays. There were three different walking buses which went from 3 different points in town, so town hall, football club and church. You had to drop your child at point at 8.25 am and they would be walked the rest of the way. There was no homeward walking bus.

[Tambajam]

I was thinking parcels too! That would be a great fund raiser for a school.

[Diamondsareagirls]

I'm happy my school is focusing its efforts on educating my children. Getting them to and from school is my job as I'm their parent. Alternatively, as others have suggested, some parents could organise their own as a group.

[Playmobilpeople]

At 7 our school wouldnt let a child leave without an adult. The minimum age for walking home alone is class 4.

[steppemum]

ours are allowed to walk home from year 3

I would say, find someone else on your street and offer to take turns, that way it isn't so much of a favour.

[CecilyP]

Why don't you advertise for someone to do it? If they are happy to do it for less than a pound, you could donate the change to school funds!

[Ziggyzoom]

That makes sense jingles. It avoids the issue of still having 4 extra kids on hand once the 'bus' has reached its final destination!

[CoffeeTea103]

At a pound you have to be joking. Not worth it.