This is a weird story, I'll admit, but interesting if you read it to the end.
Imagine sending your kids off to school, but when they get to the bus they are told they can't get on because they speak English.
That's right, English.
It happened to a few children in St. Paul and now the school district is apologizing.
It turns out that the bus route serves one of three language academies in the St. Paul school district. Each academy has a separate bus route to keep the kids from the schools together, but the district never enforced the rule.
Until now.
On this particular day, Rachel Armstrong's kids took the bus they usually took to school, but weren't allowed to take that bus home because the district was enforcing the rules. Armstrong had to leave work to get her kids and that's where the fracas started.
The district apologized for the inconvenience, but pointed out, in a bit of irony, that Armstrong no longer lives in the school boundary and therefore her children aren't eligible for the bus service anyway. The district says her kids can still attend the school if they find their own transportation.
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