After school detention worries

[OrlandointheWilderness]

My DC is 13. They've been given an after school detention. However, they obviously will miss the bus home and will finish at 4.30. I've emailed the school to check if there is somewhere on campus they can go after until I can collect at 5.30 but they haven't answered - and DC informed me that everything closes at 4.30. The only option is to walk by themselves to the Costa in town on a Friday evening.
Would everyone be happy with this arrangement?

4.30 isn't evening. Costa sounds like a good option, how far is the walk?

If they can walk to Costa, is there an option of a public bus they can catch?

It will still be light and it's in the working day. It will only be for 45/50 mins presumably by the time they walk there. It's meant to be a bit inconvenient as a punishment, so I don't think the school will be that interested.

Why should the school look after your child until 5.30? I don't understand why you'd ask.

My DC is Year 7 and has a club one day that I can't pick her up from until after 5 so she walks into town and sits in Costa or the local library.

Unless the walk into town is through an alley / down a main or country road with no payment / through a dodgy area then yes absolutely fine to go to Costa, assuming they have the money to buy something as you don't want to treat them to something yourself if detention is supposed to be a punishment. Presumably plenty of pupils at their school from Y7 onwards walk between school and the town every day so is there a particular reason why your DS isn't capable of it?

Why would you not be happy about him going to Costa ?

At 13 I'd be more than happy with this. Half past four on an afternoon isn't "evening".

Can't they get a public bus home?

Sounds fine.

You are all of course right - just seemed mean to have her sitting in Costa for an hour on her own!

And no to public buses

I don't think it's mean, Costa isn't a bad place to be. What was the detention for? It will hopefully not keep happening!

Nothing wrong with having to sit and wait. It’ll make them less likely to do something to end up in detention again.

just seemed mean to have her sitting in Costa for an hour on her own!

Goodness, I quite often sit in Costa (or other coffee shop) for an hour on my own. Money to buy something and something to read and she'll be fine. She could even do her homework while she's waiting!

You realise half her year group will either still be in, or will have just left Costa at that time? That’s how it is in our local Costa anyway!

Why can't she just go home?

Not everywhere has regular buses.
Where I am, if you miss the school bus, that’s it. There are no others!
I’m assuming it’s too far to walk or not safe to do so as she usually gets a bus.

Costa will be fine though OP.