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Unecessary interference? What do you think?
Dan and Maree Koolstra said the incident began on Nov. 17 when their two oldest children missed the bus.
The couple claims they have told their 8- and 10-year-old children that if they miss bus then they have to walk to school as punishment. They allege this is a form of punishment they have set in the past and have enforced from time-to-time.
On Nov. 17 the children missed the bus and were forced to walk the 1.4 miles to school.
The children walked along a dirt path off Highway 291 to get there.
Maree Koolstra said she followed the children along as she drove in her car to monitor their progress.
Upon seeing the boys walking to school, a school official there contacted CPS and that agency contacted the Koolstras.
CPS in “investigating”…
This seems pretty bogus to me…follow the rules, or do the consequence…a good lesson in personal responsibility at a young age…The parents should be appauded for following thru, instead of handing out empty threats…without all this hoopla, a lesson might have even been learned.
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I could see the point if the boys were 15 miles away from school, but a mile…pshh…maybe they wont miss the bus again.
I think what she did was great and how she handled it was awsome, This is something my mother would have totally made me do.
She’s got 5 kids…3 younger than these two…Having married into a 9 child family, I can attest that the more kids in it, the more they have to be responsible for themselves. The first grader took the bus as usual…on time…only these two don’t seem to be able to make it to the stop on time…
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That is punishment, not abuse!!! And I completely understand that! But the mom could aid in waking them up on time and getting them out the door on time! She is just a book mom and needs to learn how to be a natural by watching others.
That’s ridiculous that someone called CPS on that. It’s not a harsh rule, and the mother drove behind them to make sure they made it there ok.
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