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Parent urges district to return child’s bus stop to in‑front‑of‑home, cites safety concerns at temporary stop
Summary
A parent told trustees the new bus stop assigned to her child is at a neighboring property under renovation with no sidewalk and icy slopes in winter; she said the stop is unsafe for her child who is on the autism spectrum and requested pickup in front of her home.
Susan Arndt, a parent of three district students, addressed the board during public comment on Sept. 3 and urged the district to return her child’s bus stop to the front of her home.
Arndt said the district moved the stop to the neighboring house at 13 Thompson Hay, which is undergoing months of renovation, has a dumpster on site and no sidewalk. She told the board she spoke directly to the contractor and the owners and that both said the road becomes icy; she said she considered the temporary stop unsafe. “I don’t think it’s appropriate that my child should be asked to wait in an unsafe area,” Arndt said.
Arndt said her child is on the autism spectrum but not currently eligible for an IEP and that arranging a change through the district would require several weeks and meetings. She described the change as imposing an undue burden on the family because she must accompany the child at the temporary stop while also caring for another child with special needs at home.
The board cut the commenter off when her three minutes ended; there was no formal staff response during the public comment period recorded in the transcript. The transportation department had previously replied by email, saying the stop was placed at the neighboring house because the route geometry prevented the bus from passing in front of the original house, and that they intended to return the stop later in the month; Arndt told the board she considered that timeline unacceptable given the site conditions.
Ending — next steps: the transcript shows no formal board action that evening; parents seeking immediate operational changes should contact the district transportation office directly because the board did not take an action during public comment.
