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Parent urges board to expand busing for secondary students, citing dangerous walking routes
Summary
A Papillion La Vista parent requested that the board amend policy 5701 to extend hazardous-route protections to secondary students, audit walking routes near Eagle Ridge during peak times, and bus secondary students living more than 2 miles from school, citing recent vehicle strikes and citation data.
During public comment at the Feb. 23 Papillion La Vista Community Schools Board meeting, parent and taxpayer Stephanie Barton urged trustees to address what she described as a "critical safety gap" in district transportation policy.
Barton told the board middle-school students in her neighborhood must walk up to 72 minutes one way to La Vista Middle School and traverse high-speed streets and intersections such as Cornhusker, 72nd and Giles. She requested three immediate actions:…
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