Parents Want School System To Provide Transportation
By: Marquel Sennet
Updated: August 21, 2012
Local
parents are demanding bus transportation for their school aged children. Nearly 100 students living in a Shreveport
apartment complex are forced to walk to school every day. The reasoning behind it is state law says
they live too close to the campus.
State law
requires students to be at least one mile away from the school to access bus
transportation.
Stoner Hill
Elementary students living at the Stone Vista Apartment Complex usually walk to
school.
The
distance is nine tenths of a mile. The
complex is on the corner of Viking Drive and East Stoner Avenue. 40% of students at Stoner Hill Elementary
live in the complex.
The school
currently has an academically unacceptable school performance score. School board member Charlotte Crawley
believes if transportation is provided the school would see a lot of
improvement.
The issue
will be up for discussion at Tuesday's school board meeting. Crawley is asking the district's attorney
about the procedures for parents to request hardship provisions. In that case Caddo schools would have to foot
the bill.
