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Settlers Walk parent urges North Allegheny School Board to add bus stops after snow-created hazards
Summary
A Settlers Walk parent told the North Allegheny School Board that heavy snow and parked cars at a neighborhood bus stop created safety risks for young children and requested one or two additional stops to reduce crowding.
A Settlers Walk parent told the North Allegheny School Board on Feb. 26, 2025, that heavy snow and vehicles near a neighborhood bus stop created a safety hazard for young children and asked the district to consider adding additional stops to reduce crowding.
"So I live in Settlers Walk, and the bus stop is probably, like, 10 houses down from us," said Xiaofeng Li, who identified herself as a Settlers Walk parent. Li told the board that a recent heavy snowfall forced her 10-year-old and 5-year-old to navigate around cars at a busy stop and said younger children did not always understand how to avoid traffic. "Easily, you can see, like, 10 cars at least parked in the morning," she said.
Li asked the board to consider adding "additional one or two" stops, or other changes within the district's budget and policy constraints, to reduce the number of students at the single stop and lower the risk of children walking in or near moving traffic.
The request was made during the meeting's public-comment period; no district transportation official responded during the session and no formal action was taken. Li said the change would make the route safer for families who drive children to the stop and for children walking from nearby houses.
The board's agenda noted an upcoming March 12 work session on health services and social studies curriculum review and a March 19 regular voting meeting; Li did not specify a timeline for district follow-up on the bus-stop request.
