It is not easy

Eating on the bus is a complicated issue. Generally I am more tolerant of older students eating on the bus as they are generally less messy. Not always, but generally. On the one hand I hate to send a child into school on the AM route without something on their stomach. On the other hand I don’t like sweeping up cheerios or toast crumbs after each run. This dilemma typifies the decisions that have to be made virtually every day which of course creates opportunities for favoritism, waffling and other inconsistencies that will eventually come home to roost. It is not easy.