Guest commentary: My sisters and I ended up in the foster care system. Given how much we moved around, getting to school every day was one of my biggest challenges. Transportation often prevented me from going to school. 📝: Georgina Rodriguez
, which would force transportation options that serve students with specialized needs to meet complicated, illogical and almost impossible requirements. If Oakland state Sen. Nancy Skinner’s proposal becomes law, these vital transportations options that help fill the gaps could struggle to exist.
In the span of one year, my sisters and I moved homes five times and I attended three different schools. Every time I changed schools, some of my coursework didn’t transfer. I thought I wasn’t going to graduate. In fact, I thought about quitting altogether. Eventually, my social worker alerted me to another option called HopSkipDrive, which works with school districts and other agencies to arrange rides for students who need extra help getting to school. It changed everything. The service cut the ride to just 30 minutes, and allowed my sisters and I to ride to school together.
I got lucky discovering HopSkipDrive, but I don’t want other kids in foster care to have to go through what I went through before that. Kids who are in the system already can feel like they aren’t wanted and don’t belong, and there are so many things that they have to deal with on a daily basis.
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