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Parents ask Alpine School District for bus service to Sage Canyon Middle, citing unsafe walking route along SR-73
Summary
Residents of Lakeview Estates and Westview Heights told the school board they live just outside automatic busing thresholds but face dangerous walking routes to the new Sage Canyon Middle School and asked the district to reassess transportation plans.
Two residents from Lakeview Estates and Westview Heights told the Alpine School District board during public comment that children assigned to the new Sage Canyon Middle School face unsafe walking conditions and urged the district to add a bus route that serves their neighborhoods.
Laura Jensen said her neighborhood sits between 1.7 and 2.6 miles from the new middle school, placing many families just outside the district’s automatic-bus eligibility. Jensen said the most direct route from the center of her neighborhood is about 2.4 miles and requires walking along SR-73, a “very busy state highway…
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