In my wife's and kid's defense, it was -32° out, there are no other kids around because it is the end of our driveway in the middle of nowhere, and it is pitch black out at 6:25 am with no lights.

Ok, they canceled school when it was -32° (coldest I've ever experienced in my life) and she waits in the breezeway between the house and the garage until see sees the bus coming down the road turning into ours. Prior when both kids were in elementary school, they both walked out to the end of the driveway together and waited for the bus at 8 am, when it was light out. High school catches the bus well before the sun comes up (starts getting light out about 6:50 and you won't see the sun until well past 7:30 in winter.)

When I'm a little late leaving for work, I always see the kids sitting in cars at the end of driveways waiting for the high school bus. But as I said, this is about 6:15 am for this school district and there are no streetlamps in the country. They would be standing down there in pitch black with cars zooming by at 70 mph. I wouldn't have wanted to stand along side a 2 lane 70 mph road waiting in the dark by myself in below 15° weather when I was in high school either.