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Parent asks board for medical exemption to allow daughter on neighborhood bus; district to investigate
Summary
A Sicklerville father said his blind wife and father with dementia cannot reliably walk their kindergartner to school and requested a medical exemption or "courtesy" busing; the board said it will look into the matter and follow up.
A Sicklerville parent told the Winslow Township Board of Education on Sept. 24 that his family needs a bus exemption to allow his kindergarten daughter to take a neighborhood bus stop about 15 feet from their house.
Tristan Willis said his wife is blind and an elder living with them has dementia, making walking to school four times a day impractical. He said he'd contacted district transportation before school started and was told…
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