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Nov. 7th, 2013 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
becomingkate I've typed out this story to a number of people online, but I think I'm ready to do it again.
Yesterday, my son's bus was late getting him home in the afternoon. We were getting worried when it got close to 10 minutes late, and I kept calling the school, only to get a busy signal, and no answer from some moms I know who have kids in my son's school. Finally, we got an automated call from the school. Everyone was fine, but there had been a bomb threat written on the wall in one of the bathrooms. My son's bus was an hour late. They hadn't even told him anything. He said they all walked down to the middle school which is around the corner from my son's elementary school. They had to stay there for a while, and this all happened close to dismissal time, so I guess they were late getting back to the buses and that's why he was an hour late getting home.
I'll never forget sitting there by the window, waiting for the bus, wondering. Was there a shooting? an explosion? A bus accident? Once I couldn't get through to the school, I knew it had to be big. One bus getting in an accident wouldn't tie up the phone lines for half an hour. And then I was angry that they hadn't called us sooner. I know their priority was making sure everyone was safe, but not sending out an automated phone call until half an hour after most kids are home? Almost an hour after dismissal time? They didn't even tell us what time the buses finally did get out of there, so we would know what time to expect our kids home. I know it's impossible to think of everything. But I would think, if I were a parent getting this automated message, what would I want to know?
And finally, who the fuck writes a fake bomb threat on the wall at an elementary school?
Yesterday, my son's bus was late getting him home in the afternoon. We were getting worried when it got close to 10 minutes late, and I kept calling the school, only to get a busy signal, and no answer from some moms I know who have kids in my son's school. Finally, we got an automated call from the school. Everyone was fine, but there had been a bomb threat written on the wall in one of the bathrooms. My son's bus was an hour late. They hadn't even told him anything. He said they all walked down to the middle school which is around the corner from my son's elementary school. They had to stay there for a while, and this all happened close to dismissal time, so I guess they were late getting back to the buses and that's why he was an hour late getting home.
I'll never forget sitting there by the window, waiting for the bus, wondering. Was there a shooting? an explosion? A bus accident? Once I couldn't get through to the school, I knew it had to be big. One bus getting in an accident wouldn't tie up the phone lines for half an hour. And then I was angry that they hadn't called us sooner. I know their priority was making sure everyone was safe, but not sending out an automated phone call until half an hour after most kids are home? Almost an hour after dismissal time? They didn't even tell us what time the buses finally did get out of there, so we would know what time to expect our kids home. I know it's impossible to think of everything. But I would think, if I were a parent getting this automated message, what would I want to know?
And finally, who the fuck writes a fake bomb threat on the wall at an elementary school?
