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Parents of River's Edge Montessori tell Dayton board abrupt bus reclassification put children at risk
Summary
Two parents told the Dayton board they were notified the day before school started that their elementary-age children had been reclassified as walkers despite hazardous routes; they asked the district to allow afternoon pickup at an existing RTA stop in their neighborhood and the board directed staff to follow up.
Two parents from the Belmont Park neighborhood told the Dayton City School District Board on Aug. 19 that district transportation reclassified their children as walkers the day before school started, and that the change created safety and practical problems for 7- and 10-year-old students.
Shelly DeFranco, who said she lives at 632 Belmont Park North and whose children attend River's Edge Montessori, told trustees she was first notified Aug. 11 that her students no longer qualified for busing because their home is within the district’s one-mile threshold. "We live at 0.9 miles…
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