Families fight to get school bus service back
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Residents of Natalie Estates, including, clockwise from top, Jeff Lewis, Kelli Lewis, Lorraine Slud, Ashley Slud, 8, Amanda Slud, 6, Evan Lewis, 5, Lyndsie Lewis, 5, and Justin Slud, 10, want bus service to Travilah Elementary School reinstated. The county canceled service to students within a mile of the school after a bike path leading to the school, left, was completed. (Anthony Castellano/the Gazette)
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By Cody Calamaio
The GazetteThursday, July 29, 2010
Next month, some North Potomac residents will watch a school bus pass their street where it used to stop on its way to Travilah Elementary School.
Montgomery County public school officials have told parents that their children no longer will receive bus service because a new bike path leading to the school provides an adequate walking route.
Because of the completion of a bike path along Travilah Road, the school system is suspending bus service to students who live within a mile of the school, leaving parents to wonder why the bus cannot make a last stop for the safety of their children.
System policy states that elementary students with a safe walking route who live within a mile of school do
Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks about the federal Race to the Top grant competition at the National Press Club. (Drew Angerer/AP)
Because of the completion of a bike path along Travilah Road, the school system is suspending bus service to students who live within a mile of the school, leaving parents to wonder why the bus cannot make a last stop for the safety of their children.
System policy states that elementary students with a safe walking route who live within a mile of school do
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