The late bus thing is great, though as I said, it’s a long ride so many avoid it if they can. But it facilitates all the after school help that is key to the success of a lot of the kids. Our school heavily promotes AP for all (hence the tremendous workload in many classes- the teachers are evaluated on the kids’ scores, so they want as many 5s as possible, and some of the kids require lots of extras, it seems). It also allows everyone to participate in extracurriculars and sports, at least theoretically.