Most students dropped off by parents
October 3, 2022
How do you get to school? Most students are still being dropped off at Morton East by their parents.
In a random survey of 107 Morton East students, 40 out of the 107 were dropped off by car.
According to Pace’s “Student Fare Information”, those who ride the bus frequently can be offered a 30-day reduced fare pass if there is a high school entitlement applied to their Ventra account, the pass costs $30 and it does not have a school-hour restriction. Those who occasionally ride the pace bus and pay the fare with transit value with their student Ventra card can get a reduced fare of one dollar and there are more offerings to it for the summer travels and weekends. Those who do not have a Ventra card will pay about $1.10 for the fare after they reveal their student ID, and transfers will cost 20 cents. When paying for the fare will need to be an exact change of cash and change if you do not own a Ventra card.
Interestingly, some or most schools hand out Ventra Student Cards to students, which means that you could get a Ventra card for the Pace buses. J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 is one of the schools participating in this.
“The pros of getting dropped off are you don’t need to go through heavy weather by walking and you don’t need to spend time trying to find a ride when you got family members to do it for you, but some cons of getting dropped off are having to get up early to catch a ride and having to get used to the schedule of getting up and ready”, said Morton East Senior Angelina Venegas.
29 students out of the 107 surveyed were driving by car.
“I like driving to school because I feel more independent being able to do things myself but I also feel stressed because of all the traffic and little to no parking “, said Morton East Senior Itzell Torres.
17 students out of the 107 were walking.
“Walking to school was nice and it gave me time to think and plan out my day. The only problems I had when walking to school was when it was raining but I would take an umbrella and I lived far from my school so I was late sometimes,” said Jennifer McGowan, parent of senior Fernando Mendoza.
14 students out of the 103 were taking a bus. Only 4 students out of the 103 were biking. And, 2 students out of the 103 were taking a Uber/Lyft.
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Christian NIeto • Oct 12, 2022 at 8:52 am
Genge – this article was interesting on how students get to school. All ways to get to school have pros and cons to each one like walking to school with the weather but good time to think what to do for the day and make plans, driving to school but having a lot of traffic and little to no parking at all.
Manuel Marrufo • Oct 10, 2022 at 11:01 pm
Genge. I liked this article a lot! I think that promoting taking the bus to school is good as it would reduce tardiness, which would then help fund the school as the school is payed based on attendance. The survey results came similar to what I expected, If I had to guess, I would say most students get dropped off by parents since I (and most my friends) do. Most people I know get dropped off, which in my mind makes the results of this article reasonable. Great article!
nathalie • Oct 10, 2022 at 5:56 pm
Genge- I found the results surprising to me by the amount of people who have different transportations that take them to school and back home. Along with what students different opinions are on with there transportations.
David Salas • Oct 7, 2022 at 7:43 am
Genge: I found the article very interesting, as I expected walking to be higher than taking a bus. I find it interesting how the school is also trying to promote taking the bus, as it most of the time reduces tardiness. This then helps the school as they get money based off attendance, so in the end it all adds up.
Fernanda Q • Oct 6, 2022 at 10:33 am
It’s very interesting to see how many people get to school in different ways. I like the pictures provided and the quotes and how the 17 out of 107 students were provided. Maybe show more pictures of students walking! ( Not in a stalker way ). 🙂
Monzerrath Garay • Oct 5, 2022 at 9:33 pm
Your article is great! It’s really informational and helpful for those Students who take the bus constantly. However, the quote transitions could have been a little better.
Fabian Carino • Oct 5, 2022 at 10:46 am
The topic you chose was interesting and the article itself provides a lot of information. What you could maybe do is put the information about the survey between your main article and the transition to the quotes
Ashley Ceballos • Oct 5, 2022 at 10:38 am
I really enjoyed reading this article, I was engaged the entire time and learned lots of information that I never knew before. Your quotes were great and fit the topic perfectly. The picture was great, however, maybe next time make the student seem as if they’re getting out of the car instead of standing next to it.
fatima duran • Oct 5, 2022 at 8:19 am
This was very interesting because I never really asked myself how many students walk, drive, or get dropped off by their parents. Also, surveying students to obtain accurate results was really good! Although, I believe you guys should have added one better picture for example students who drive/bike to school.