Things You'll Need:
- Address Books
- Calendars
- Personal Organizers
- Cellular Phones
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Step 1
Make sure that everyone who participates lives relatively near each other. Including one parent who lives out of the way can cause resentment.
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Step 2
Assign one parent to act as group leader - the person who will handle scheduling as well as alternative plans to account for sick drivers or sick kids.
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Step 3
Decide whether everyone will drive equally or whether some will make up for not driving by pitching in for gas and maintenance.
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Step 4
Determine each child's drop-off and pick-up sites and times.
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Step 5
Draw up a car pool schedule. You can have one parent take the kids to school and another pick them up, or have a rotating schedule in which each parent has car pool duty for a week or a month.
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Step 6
Check that each driver has appropriate insurance coverage.
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Step 7
Make and distribute a list with all parents' names and phone numbers.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 At pickup time, get there early and back into your parking spot. Having your nose pointed forward will get you out faster and lessen the chance of backing up over a child.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 If you have a choice, drive the kids to school or whatever activity they're going to (rather than picking them up). They're more anxious to get there on time than they are to leave their friends and go home. This saves you a lot of waiting time.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 I worked at home, so parents in our car pool expected me to do more driving than they. I didn't like their children much, either; I decided to quit the car pool & drive both ways myself. It worked out well - gave me special time to be alone with my child.