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Parents ask board for busing, cite missing sidewalks and safety near Forest Middle School
Summary
A parent said middle-schoolers are being asked to walk roughly 1.7 miles without adequate sidewalks or crossing guards; board members and transportation staff explained New Jersey statutory distance standards and advised next steps for evaluations.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Parents at the Sept. 18 Woodbridge Township Board of Education meeting urged the district to provide bus transportation for students who currently walk to Forest Middle School, citing unsafe sidewalks, heavy traffic and an absence of crossing guards.
Bridget Farber of Fords said her daughter and about 40 classmates must walk roughly 1.7 miles to Forest Middle and that some routes lack sidewalks and crosswalks. "My daughter has to call me every day while I'm at work when…
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