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UPDATE******
THE BUS STOP IS GETTING CHANGED THIS AFTERNOON TO OUR HOME!!!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE HELP!!!!!!
I feel that I have several valid reasons to why her current location is unsafe, but the bus garage simply told me "No we can not do that, and maybe you could try again next year". Well I can not wait until next year because these issues are effecting us now.Here are a few of the issues that I am not pleased with...
-My daughter is FIVE YEARS OLD, only in kindergarten, practically still a baby!
- Everyone else that I know with a child in this age group has the bus pick them up from their house
-The distance is currently about 1/3 of a mile (10-12 houses down)
-There are no side walks
-Our road gets plowed last (if at all) and when they doplow it causes giant snow banks on the side of the road, so we are forced to walk in the middle of the road
-It is roughly 7:15am, pitch black, and only half of the road has street lights.
-There is a group of reckless drivers that come through about the same time so Lily and I have to stop and stand in the middle of some one's yard to get out of the way until they pass. (which is also difficult with snow banks in the way)
-The time window for when the bus might arrive is 30-45 minutes at times, so we are outside waiting for quite some time because it might show up early, on time, or late and we never know which one it will be.
-Lily has unfortunately missed a handful of days because due to the drastically cold weather I did not want her standing outside that long in negative temperatures, some reaching to -30 degrees.
-Lily is the only kid at the bus stop in the morning, and in the afternoon there aretwo more children (also same age group) but all 3 of the kids still come to our house every day.
-I unfortunately do not have the luxury of driving currently and sitting in a nice warm, safe, car. So we have no choice but to walk and do what we have to do to get to the bus stop.
I know I am probably going far out on a limb here, but I just do not think any of this is fair. I know a lot of you have seen me post videos, pictures, and other updates on this issue and the majority of you have agreed with me that it is unsafe. So please, if you can, have my back on this and help me prove that we deserve to have the bus stop changed to our house for the safety of my 5 year old, and hopefully the district will see that I am not just whining, but I am genuinely concerned about this and it is a time delicate issue because this winter weather doesn't seem like it is going to cut us a break anytime soon. So please sign this petition and pass it along to everyone you can. Thank you!
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Updates
February 5, 2014
The bus garage is still ignoring my emails. I am documenting every unsafe condition on this road to send their way again.
February 5, 2014
The momentum is incredible. This is finally forcing them to pay attention.
13 Comments
PLease don't continue to make this child walk fr in te snow. Especially in s cold. No child should be out in below zero degree weather to walk to a bus stop when she is te only one being picked up. Picing her up at her house will not be making other children walk in this cold weather.
Think of the saftey of our kids. She is just a little girl and her saftey should be first!!!
it's not safe for her to be walking down the road. bus stop needs to be moved
I know perfectly well what this mother is saying in regards to bus stops... My children were in Lapeer school district for many years (until my recent move in September out of district), my oldest was in the high school when I started having trouble with bus stops... You see the district thinks its alright to have a bus stop right directly in front of a house that has shown for years to be a registered sex offender... I was told then when she was in 9th grade (which was obviously quite some time ago because my oldest graduated from West in 2012) that the only thing she could do was change stops to which I did have her do. The original bus stop was about the distance of what this mother is describing, as well it did not have sidewalks and was right to a tee of what this mother described. That bus stop simply isnt SAFE for children to have to be walking and waiting (mind you I dont know if it is the same bus stop but the one my children were told to use... Def is not safe in any way!! My middle child was told the same bus stop was suppose to be his to which I contacted the school and expressed my same exact concerns about the home by the stop was where a registered sex offender lived, to which I was told yet again, "we did not know that" and to send my son the other direction to a different bus stop. My vote definitely goes to this mother... I hope you are able to get this corrected and good luck!!
Lapeer MI
The petition should be reconsidered or the bus stop? Not sure which side you are on
safety for this little girl should be the main concern!!
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Final supporters
UPDATE******
THE BUS STOP IS GETTING CHANGED THIS AFTERNOON TO OUR HOME!!!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE HELP!!!!!!
I feel that I have several valid reasons to why her current location is unsafe, but the bus garage simply told me "No we can not do that, and maybe you could try again next year". Well I can not wait until next year because these issues are effecting us now.Here are a few of the issues that I am not pleased with...
-My daughter is FIVE YEARS OLD, only in kindergarten, practically still a baby!
- Everyone else that I know with a child in this age group has the bus pick them up from their house
-The distance is currently about 1/3 of a mile (10-12 houses down)
-There are no side walks
-Our road gets plowed last (if at all) and when they doplow it causes giant snow banks on the side of the road, so we are forced to walk in the middle of the road
-It is roughly 7:15am, pitch black, and only half of the road has street lights.
-There is a group of reckless drivers that come through about the same time so Lily and I have to stop and stand in the middle of some one's yard to get out of the way until they pass. (which is also difficult with snow banks in the way)
-The time window for when the bus might arrive is 30-45 minutes at times, so we are outside waiting for quite some time because it might show up early, on time, or late and we never know which one it will be.
-Lily has unfortunately missed a handful of days because due to the drastically cold weather I did not want her standing outside that long in negative temperatures, some reaching to -30 degrees.
-Lily is the only kid at the bus stop in the morning, and in the afternoon there aretwo more children (also same age group) but all 3 of the kids still come to our house every day.
-I unfortunately do not have the luxury of driving currently and sitting in a nice warm, safe, car. So we have no choice but to walk and do what we have to do to get to the bus stop.
I know I am probably going far out on a limb here, but I just do not think any of this is fair. I know a lot of you have seen me post videos, pictures, and other updates on this issue and the majority of you have agreed with me that it is unsafe. So please, if you can, have my back on this and help me prove that we deserve to have the bus stop changed to our house for the safety of my 5 year old, and hopefully the district will see that I am not just whining, but I am genuinely concerned about this and it is a time delicate issue because this winter weather doesn't seem like it is going to cut us a break anytime soon. So please sign this petition and pass it along to everyone you can. Thank you!
Updates
February 5, 2014
The bus garage is still ignoring my emails. I am documenting every unsafe condition on this road to send their way again.
February 5, 2014
The momentum is incredible. This is finally forcing them to pay attention.
13 Comments
This child is too young to be that far away from her home;(. A lot of us live here bc it's a small town where people really care! Let's show Lily how important she is by changing her bus stop!!! She's worth it - trust me - she's my granddaughter;)
PLease don't continue to make this child walk fr in te snow. Especially in s cold. No child should be out in below zero degree weather to walk to a bus stop when she is te only one being picked up. Picing her up at her house will not be making other children walk in this cold weather.
Think of the saftey of our kids. She is just a little girl and her saftey should be first!!!
it's not safe for her to be walking down the road. bus stop needs to be moved
I know perfectly well what this mother is saying in regards to bus stops... My children were in Lapeer school district for many years (until my recent move in September out of district), my oldest was in the high school when I started having trouble with bus stops... You see the district thinks its alright to have a bus stop right directly in front of a house that has shown for years to be a registered sex offender... I was told then when she was in 9th grade (which was obviously quite some time ago because my oldest graduated from West in 2012) that the only thing she could do was change stops to which I did have her do. The original bus stop was about the distance of what this mother is describing, as well it did not have sidewalks and was right to a tee of what this mother described. That bus stop simply isnt SAFE for children to have to be walking and waiting (mind you I dont know if it is the same bus stop but the one my children were told to use... Def is not safe in any way!! My middle child was told the same bus stop was suppose to be his to which I contacted the school and expressed my same exact concerns about the home by the stop was where a registered sex offender lived, to which I was told yet again, "we did not know that" and to send my son the other direction to a different bus stop. My vote definitely goes to this mother... I hope you are able to get this corrected and good luck!!
Lapeer MI
The petition should be reconsidered or the bus stop? Not sure which side you are on
safety for this little girl should be the main concern!!
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This child is too young to be that far away from her home;(. A lot of us live here bc it's a small town where people really care! Let's show Lily how important she is by changing her bus stop!!! She's worth it - trust me - she's my granddaughter;)