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Students and parents urge Lawrence council to fund school buses, raise parking support after Abbott Lawrence move
Summary
Students, parents and community members told the Lawrence City Council the relocation of Abbott Lawrence Academy will leave many students with hour-long walks and no reliable bus service; speakers asked the council to add transportation funding to the supplemental budget and consider parking exemptions for teachers.
Dozens of students, parents and community members used the council's public comment period to press the Lawrence City Council for immediate action on transportation after Abbott Lawrence Academy's planned move, saying many South-side students will face long walks, safety risks and unreliable public transit.
The comments came during the public participation portion of the council's special June 23 meeting. Resident Luz Diaz, who gave her address as 73 Newbury Street, told the council budget figures for Lawrence Public Schools' transportation have been inconsistent and said the superintendent had told the community "transportation was cut by 4,000,000," a figure Diaz said did not appear in council documents. "We need a plan. We need action," she said.
The speakers described concrete safety and access problems that they said would result from the ALA relocation.…
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