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'That's not my child': Mother says bus monitor tried to give her wrong child... twice (wgme.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Capitalism, privatization, passing the buck and the race to the bottom. It’s all related.

You don’t get this when schooling - and the associated transportation - is a social service that has been properly set up. There is no profit motive there, no race to the bottom that enshittifies everything involved.

In a well-funded public school system, drivers would be employed by the school system, have appropriate training and meet high standards, and be paid decently well. They would have the time and the incentive to get to know the students and get things right.