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ai MITO DEiUR .Woman heads drive to have school bus Isd service extended to her neighbourhood Comnt ...... By MELANIE HENNESSEY bour's cbtîdren to Chris Hadfield Public Scbool ts Lacroîx said the board only provtdes bus service Champion Country . .13-18S The Champion often snow-covered mnaccessible for ber young for students in junior kmndergarten to grade 5 wben Business..........19 A Mtilton womnan is petitioning the daugbter's stroller and some parts don*t even have tbey liye more tban 1. 6km away from tbeir scbool Cniid .. . . 22 Halton istric Schoo Board(HDSB) a sidewalk, leavîng tbem either walking on the For tbose i grades 6 Io 8, tbey must live more than l ied. ...2-5 Htonv strchool r xed i-DSB road or taking a longer route. 3.2 km away. M W M tohvesholbs evieetedd no "Walking on tbe street is dangerous, especially "Since tbey do not mccl tbe distance criteria, a TUSAFBRAY1 her east-end neighbourhood. in slippery weaîber circumstances. tberefore tbe tbey're not eligîble for transportation." sbe said. l ~~ m.hw BIGo Ira Heidemann, wbo lives in tbe soutb end of longer route is the only option in the winter," she Ms Heidemano estimated ibat in the immediate @Klu Mqh pa M Il -1oOuIu Alexander Crescent near tbe comer of Main Street said. "lits really very far. We bave a rigbt to gel a vicinity of ber bouse, there's at least 20 children Renm RgarC~iif r ...A P -1,ih recentl Iaiincherl the ncii- scbool bus service." affected by the lack of bus service. Siut reis onuy tion out of concem for the approximate 1.5-kmn bike cbjîdren in her neighbourbood make every day and their safety. She said the shorter route that she can take when walking ber seven-year-old son and the neigb- Ms Heidemann measured the two routes using s measuring wheel and concluded the short path is 1,500 metres, or 1.5 km, and the long route is 1,647 metres, or 1.6 km. But. HDSB Manager of Transportation Karen Crescent and its side streets. this number can easi- ly double,' she said. "Nexi scbool year there will be more cbildren, as there are many young families -see RESIDENTS on page 4 www.miltontoyota.com 29 S/-C2ht 1