I live right near a school. Literally come out of my house, turn left, then about 8 houses along, the school is immediately on the right! There is a road to cross, but it is a dead end road, and in theory I could stand on my doorstep and the child could cross right in front of me, then no more roads!
The child in question is 8 and in year 3, and the reason I ask is, when Mum first signed him up she said that he wanted to walk in by himself and she said it would okay with her, I did say I would not feel comfortable with that so I walk him right up to the Junior gate in the school.
My own children go to a different school. The school run was not a problem as, DH was able to take them in the morning, however, he now has meetings every other Wednesday, when I have 3 under 5's. This means I have to take the 3 under 5's, my two children and schoolie, up to his school for 8.40am I then have to get back to my car, load them all in, and the pushchair, then try and get down my hill, by this time it is 8.55am and the hill is totally blocked with cars and takes about 5 - 10 minutes to get down and my children end up late for school... Like I said, this is every other Wednesday. Fridays are now difficult too, as DH does not have to go to work until 10am, and is usually in the shower when I do the school run.
Would you let this child walk to the school by themselves if you had all relevant permissions and signatures in place? I am still not sure I feel too comfortable with this, but the school run is starting to prove very difficult, stressful and resulting in my own children being very late for school. This is an ad-hoc contract, so days vary each week, although I do have him at least once a week, sometimes 4 times a week.
I don't want to let her down and tell her I cannot do it anymore. My MIL is a CM and she actually does a drop at his school, but her child is in year 6 so she drives to the top of the hill, turns around and he gets out and walks.
Any advice, ideas? Or does this look like I am going to have to let her down?
She is really lovely as well, which means this sucks that little bit more LOL!
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