I was a student. It was the first day of school. There were six of us who were late. The reason: the school bus stop was moved to a new location. We all piled into my mother's car. We went to the principal's office. The office manager said notice letters were sent to us, so she checked her log. The notices were never sent out.
Once at my bus stop in middle school, the bus #47 (not our bus) rolled up and slowed down, the driver opened the door without stopping, and said “I’ll be back!” The bus was completely full and she could not fit us. That was at 7:20. The 10 or so kids waited until 9:00 and no bus ever came. We all went home to try to and find rides to school. I finally got to school at 10:30.
Apparently I was the only one who showed up. The office lady did not believe my story and I was marked late.