We are in a new school district this year. School has it's first early release day tomorrow. I looked up the pick up time... and it's 11:20. The kids are going to be in class for exactly three hours. This is an extremely rural school - we have to drive our child a bit over thirty minutes to get to school. (And we are not the farthest by a long shot.) So, tomorrow, I have to drive thirty minutes - each way - twice. So... I get to drive for two hours so he can be in class for three. And this is their "normal. It sucks.