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Turner families seek board exception to transport children to daycare half‑mile outside town line
Summary
Several Turner residents urged the board to approve a policy or exception that would allow school buses to pick up children at a daycare located just outside the Turner town line (Bright Ideas), citing a shortage of licensed daycare openings within town and the hardship on working families.
Several Turner residents addressed the board during public comment, asking the RSU 52/MSAD 52 School Board to allow transportation to a daycare site located just outside the Turner town line.
Tom Petrella, who identified himself as a Turner resident, said his family and several other families are using Bright Ideas, a daycare located about a half mile outside Turner's town boundary, because licensed openings in town are either full or highly restricted. "We urge the board to make an exception to support the working families who depend on this transportation," Petrella said, adding that families are unable to move into…
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