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Resident urges district to move bus barn; Mount Si student describes two‑hour commutes at board meeting
Summary
During public comment at the Snoqualmie Valley School Board on Oct. 23, a Snoqualmie resident asked the board to fund relocation of the district’s bus barn away from a residential neighborhood. A Mount Si High School junior described lengthy bus commutes that she says separate students from their community and friends.
A resident and a high‑school student used the public‑comment period at the Snoqualmie Valley School Board meeting on Oct. 23 to press the district on transportation issues ranging from bus‑barn location to long high‑school bus rides.
Chris Burgess, who identified himself as a resident of old Snoqualmie, asked the board to include money in future facilities planning — specifically, a bond — to relocate the Snoqualmie Valley School District bus barn to a non‑residential area. Burgess said the facility now houses more than 60 buses and creates repeated early‑morning, afternoon and occasional late‑night industrial vehicle noise that disrupts neighborhood life. He described engines, repeated air‑brake releases, reverse beeping, horn use…
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