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My son attends a pre-k that is run by our school district.  He takes a small bus to and from school.  In our district kindergartners also take the little buses and the elementary is only k-4.  Because of the half day schedule they don't get to ride with grades 1-4.  My son loves to ride the bus.  He brags to all his buddies how he gets to ride a bus. I am worried about disapointing him next year.  He thinks he is going to get to wait at the corner and ride the 'big' bus with the older kids, sigh.  I am assuming that if you are k-8 you are in a small rual school.  On those the routes are also longer so the amount of time he would spend on a bus would also be a concern.  Don't worry about taking him to and from school for kindergarten and being committed to it for the next 12 years.  Take him this year.  Next year he will probably get upset if he doesn't get to ride the bus.  Next year he will have made friends who ride busses and he may even take some ribbing from classmates if you continue to drive him to and from school.  At that point your first grader will be anxious to cut the apron strings and not be seen with you, not commit you to continued chauffer duty.