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Tankeryanker · 04-25-2021, 09:18 PM

In the episode where the kids get the measles, they are all sent to walk home with fevers.

Shouldn't the school have called home and had the kids picked up?

BestTVever · 04-26-2021, 07:19 AM

Back in those days probably not. I went to school in the 80s and on a snowy day the bus would let us off a mile from our house and we would walk in the snow to get home. That does not happen today and parents freak out.
Back in these days a complete stranger could go to school and sign a kid out. So I dont think it would be that unusual to send kids home without telling their parents. Sounds crazy by today's standards but in 1970 not that unusual.

04-25-2021, 09:18 PM	#1
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04-26-2021, 07:19 AM	#2
BestTVever Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 29, 2021 Location: Miami Posts: 1,887	Back in those days probably not. I went to school in the 80s and on a snowy day the bus would let us off a mile from our house and we would walk in the snow to get home. That does not happen today and parents freak out. Back in these days a complete stranger could go to school and sign a kid out. So I dont think it would be that unusual to send kids home without telling their parents. Sounds crazy by today's standards but in 1970 not that unusual.