School Days On A Cul de Sac

To the Editor

It is important for us to get some sleep! I really like to get some sleep. You should think of others. Do you like to get some sleep? It is not fair that the bus does not come to my house. I do not get to sleep in. It comes to other kindergartener’s houses.

Think back to when you were a child, and if you went to public school, or private school. Did you have a bus stop? Where was it? Was it at your driveway? Was it safe? Did it cause traffic? Did you feel safe near it? This is one thing: we don’t feel safe.

Our bus stop is not at our driveway. Our bus stop might cause traffic because it has to back up, which blocks a road, instead of turning around at a cul de sac. But something really to worry about in this – winter is coming! Dun, dun, dun! My bus has no GPS or something, and the bus is long, so how is she going to find out safely if ice is on the road, so she might slip backing up. If she turns around in the cul de sac, she is looking in front of her the whole time.

Challenge question: Would it be easier to spot ice if you are looking at it or can’t see it? Ding, ding, ding: Correct, if you said that the first half of the sentence was right! Plus, the bus driver wants to turn around at the cul de sac, “It’s easier for me, “ she said. I know this because I was there.

It’s faster and easier for us, too. We could just go up our driveway, instead of going further. What if our car won’t start on a school day? Then we would have to wake up our two-year old brother. He must be woken for protection (and must walk to the bus stop if our car doesn’t start)! If you do that too often, the younger siblings will not get any sleep! To top it all off, our brother may be allergic to tree nuts! (Tell me you don’t see acorns on the ground!) Plus, I have asthma. Thank you for reading this.

Kylee McGuinness Getzinger, age 6

Emilia McGuinness Getzinger, age 10

31 Little Brook Lane, Newtown                                October 26, 2010