I was working in a high school in Los Angeles at the time. All the wheeled TVs were taken, but I had prepared and brought in my radio. All 40 of my students were sitting silently, listening to what the verdict would be. They were 14 and 15 year olds, 99% Hispanic students. It was divided. Some cheered and some booed and yelled, "He got away with it" (or something similar, I don't remember the exact verbiage).

That's an interesting question. My husband's grandmother wanted to keep her house in the family and offered it for a steep discount to any family member who wanted it. No one did, so it sold for market price.

Well said. 100% agree. I grew up as an only child. I inherited all of my parent's money. However, my husband is one of 5 and nothing has ever been "fair" between the siblings by his parents. We are kind of far down the rung in terms of favorites. DH says he expects nothing but I would be really upset with his parents if he got nothing. They have money. I don't even care if those who are near her and helped her more get more, but not all. I am all about fairness.

I don't wish hell on people, but some deserve it more than others.

Pretty sure it was 1994. I know that because I was at my 10 year HS reunion while watching the chase and that was 1994.

I dont' know but I got a response this am that didn't really answer my questions, so I emailed back and got a more detailed response. They are going to talk to him and see what happened but they didn't say if he would be used again. I made sure to say, "I do NOT feel safe with my child in a car with that person, I do not want him riding with him again!" They did say he is a substitute driver. But that is still not an explanation of his incompetence.

Yes, and I had being exclusionary. I like including everyone, but bad apples can just make it so that the entire group dissolves like you said.

I have requested that my son never get in a vehicle he is driving and said I don't feel that my son is safe. I am hoping they call today to discuss. I am not sure there are cameras in there. It is literally a mini-van. He rides an actual bus in the morning (for only 3 kids!), but then a mini-van with 3 kids in the afternoon. It is not a SPED bus, it is for the day treatment program. He does have an IEP for behavior and because he is more than 30% behind in math skills, but the program is not a SPED program. I have been told that all of the kids in the program are either foster kids or adopted out of foster care, like my son. These kids have been through it. I can't even imagine some of their starts in life. I know my own son's start was horrific.

Yeah, and the more I thought about it, the more mad I got. That 2nd adult runs the route every day, she should have known where to go! I did ask him what happened and he said he didn't know and that he wasn't hurt in any way and no one laid a hand on him. I didn't get the feeling he was hiding anything or afraid to tell me anything.

There was a 2nd adult in the vehicle who we do trust and like, so I don't think anything happened, but I will ask him. This guy is an idiot and I don't want my child on the bus with him ever again.

It is not in the IEP. I did call the school. They told me to contact a person at the transportation department. I contacted her and she said to contact someone else. I am on person #4 now and haven't received a response. GRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to contact a parent of a former student who is a bus driver for the district and see if she has any suggestions.

Hugs to you. I know what losing your dad is like. I probably would change it, only because I hate conflict like that. But I wouldn't want to. Thankfully I was an only child.

Yes, JAWM. My 6 year old takes the school "bus." He is in day treatment at a local school so the bus he takes is really just a mini van with 3 kids in it, but we are on the other side of town, so it is about 30 min. or so. He gets out of school at 1:30 and gets home by 2:00-2:15pm. There is a substitute bus driver who drove him 2 weeks ago. DH went to the bus stop to get him and when they pulled up, the lady in the vehicle got out to open the back door to let him out and the driver didn't put it in park and it jerked over 3ft and almost hit the lady and my son was jerked back to his seat. Thankfully he hadn't started getting out yet or I don't know what would have happened. Then today, the same sub driver was driving and got LOST! It took him almost a full 2 hours to find the bus stop. My husband was out there over an hour waiting at the stop. No communication, no anything! We have the APP but we thought it wasn't working because it should never take this long! He got home after 3:30pm! I am so mad at both situations. I have emailed the person in charge and reported all of it and told them that I don't feel safe with my kid in the vehicle if he is driving. I asked that he not drive my child. Anything else I should be addressing? GRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not family and I know Sally won't organize anything. She is a huge introvert who doesn't mind attending but would never plan it.

This is more of a JAWM than anything, although you can certainly give input. I won't give the real scenario because the details would be too telling and I have no idea who is on this board. I am the organizer for these events. Think of an older group you used to be a part of.....maybe a singles group at a church or a college club or something like that, where are there a specific set of people who won't change, and they are from the somewhat distant past. They live all over the place now as people have scattered. However, you have a get together every year or two and everyone is invited. It is a long weekend event and you have looked forward to it every year because you really enjoy it. But there is one person in the group (let's call him Sam) who didn't attend for years and years and then decided to come and join in. Only Sam has changed A LOT and now seems to cause major drama wherever he goes as he only wants to talk about a few select topics (think political and a personal issue that he has that he wants to make sure everyone knows about and is on his side.). Otherwise, he doesn't have a whole lot to talk about. He also makes people feel uncomfortable with his lack of good hygiene. Fast forward to a couple of years ago. After announcing the event details, several regular participants emailed me and said, "Is Sam coming. I don't think I can deal with that again. If he is coming, I think I am skipping this year." Last year we opted not to inform Sam of the gathering due to the issues we have had in the past. Honestly, it was lovely. But I did feel a twinge of guilt over not including him as I don't like to leave people out, but if I had included Sam, I would have excluded others (albeit by their own choice.) Now I have another friend in the group (let's call her Sally). Sally came to me recently and said, "I don't like that people are excluded. I can't come next time if everyone can't come, it is just my conscience." I GET THAT!~. I really do. However, I also get the other side. Basically, I have 3 choices. 1. Invite Sam and run the risk of others not attending (including myself if I am being honest) 2. Don't invite Sally next time, but leave Sam out 3. Forgo these events in the future and just get together with small groups as we can Right now, I am opting for #3. This is just too much drama for me.

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We are not anywhere near where totality was and had not even an inkling of discussing traveling to see it.

We did not travel. Monday was the first day back from Spring Break so it was just not feasible. I thought totality was 90 min. away. I was looking at the wrong eclipse map ( I think I was looking at the 2017 one!) and we were about 5 hours away from any totality. We saw what we could here locally and I am good with that.

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Thank you all. I am looking at all options. I guess it will be trial and error of what works and what doesn't, which is irritating, but oh well.

Same here. Last day of Spring Break. And no more breaks.....grrr 1. Run a few errands 2. Go out for lunch 3. go through 3 boxes in garage 4. Laundry

I have purchased some I thought were hypoallergenic at Kohl's and they bothered my ears. Now I am wondering what exactly bothers my ears. Hmmm....