Everyone In the Pool

“For an expert evaluation of school pickup lines, we called University of Kansas economist Misty Heggeness. When she moved from school-bus-saturated suburban Maryland to the transit-challenged outskirts of Kansas City, Kan., Heggeness discovered her own ‘deeply personal hell’ — two hours a day spent waiting in, or driving to, an endless queue of SUVs and sedans in front of her children’s middle and high schools.” WaPo (Gift Article): The school bus is disappearing. Welcome to the era of the school pickup line. (My daughter’s school pickup line is like trying to get out a parking lot after an arena rock concert. But at this point, driving my kids is my core identity. When both of them are off to college, hit me up. I’ll drive your kids.)