How about the students who ride buses through the area effected by the race? Several of my students told me today (first day back) that I wouldn't see them again until after Labor Day as the bus schedule was so messed up that they weren't coming in. Apparently, some of them have to go a substantial distance out of the way from the regular stops. Why didn't someone consider these problems? We have known about the race for how long?

vetern teacher is right. My students come from all over the city. Many of them were substantially delayed because of the bus situation. Some of them left school early because they didn't want to be late for work or to pick up a child from daycare, etc. Several told me they wouldn't be coming back to school until Tuesday.

Between the earthquake and the Grand Prix it would have been best to open schools after Labor Day. The Grand Prix was apparently not thought out to accommodate not only students going back to school but also for those of us who still have to go to work and rely on these buses from downtown areas to come to the other areas with the ability to pick us up. I don't know about the downtown area, but there were no postings anywhere to let people know if a stop was being diverted, going a ways and then shuttle. And since this will be happening for a few more years, the powers that be need to think really hard how to make this easier on all. if we must have the Grand Prix, then we need to think about opening schools after Labor Day, the way it has been for so long. And besides even without these 2 events, most children do not come back to school until after Labor Day anyway.

Agreed. Races are fun and all, but education comes first. If it doesn't work to open schools after Labor Day because of the stretch into late-June heat days that would cause, then the race needs to accommodate the students. City Hall should hold Baltimore Racing Development (the race producers) responsible for organizing and fully funding a system of buses specifically for those kids.