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We are concerned Charlestown parents of first and second year students of the Boston Latin School. We have recently been notified that school bus service to and from the Boston Latin School from Charlestown has been discontinued for the 2017/18 school year.
We are responding with this petition in order to urgently appeal to you to immediately reinstate this service. We do not feel it safe or appropriate for 12- and 13-year old children to have to navigate the MBTA public subway system to get to and from school each day. Some of us are working parents with more than one child who worry that we will be unable to have our children attend this outstanding educational institution solely due to transportation concerns. We are all taxpayers who love and support our public school system. Please help us!
Thank you.
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July 5, 2017
I am honestly overwhelmed by the stories so many of you have shared about the daily struggles of getting your children to school safely. It is truly humbling to see how much this community cares for our students and this serves as a reminder that this effort belongs entirely to you.
14 Comments
We really need a school bus from Charlestown to Boston Latin. The commute time is just over an hour. Which is too much time for seventh grader who is just getting acclimated to the school. Please do all that you can to reinstate this bus.
Once again, we are requesting that BPS provide our Charlestown students attending BLS a school bus to and from BLS. Several of the bus companies garage their buses in our Charlestown neighborhood. If a bus is not provided we suffer the consequences of the added strain on our neighborhood with none of the benefits. Other neighborhoods are able to utilize the MBTA with direct nonstop bus routes, buy the city has not offered this solution to our transportation issue. I hope the city will continue to provide a school bus for the students of Charlestown. Thank you.
Thank you in advance for reconsidering the BPS position as we need a safe and reliable transportation system for our children.
We would use the bus for our 12 year old to get to school.
It's important to have a safe, reliable, option that gets our 12 yr old to school early in the morning without having to navigate a public transit system that doesn't have any direct routes between Charlestown and BLS.
Bus should be reinstated for the kids that go to school at BLS
It is not safe for our 12 year old daughter to navigate public transport systems in the early morning hours before school. Please provide a school bus to transport Charlestown students to BLS.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We are concerned Charlestown parents of first and second year students of the Boston Latin School. We have recently been notified that school bus service to and from the Boston Latin School from Charlestown has been discontinued for the 2017/18 school year.
We are responding with this petition in order to urgently appeal to you to immediately reinstate this service. We do not feel it safe or appropriate for 12- and 13-year old children to have to navigate the MBTA public subway system to get to and from school each day. Some of us are working parents with more than one child who worry that we will be unable to have our children attend this outstanding educational institution solely due to transportation concerns. We are all taxpayers who love and support our public school system. Please help us!
Thank you.
Updates
July 5, 2017
I am honestly overwhelmed by the stories so many of you have shared about the daily struggles of getting your children to school safely. It is truly humbling to see how much this community cares for our students and this serves as a reminder that this effort belongs entirely to you.
14 Comments
I am very concerned to think my 12 year old daughter will be walking to take public transportation in the early mornings. The weather is very unpredictable and the mornings are not light once fall and winter arrives. This is not only a convienence for our community but more importantly a significant safety measure to have our 7th and 8th grade children ride a school bus to Boston Latin School
We really need a school bus from Charlestown to Boston Latin. The commute time is just over an hour. Which is too much time for seventh grader who is just getting acclimated to the school. Please do all that you can to reinstate this bus.
Once again, we are requesting that BPS provide our Charlestown students attending BLS a school bus to and from BLS. Several of the bus companies garage their buses in our Charlestown neighborhood. If a bus is not provided we suffer the consequences of the added strain on our neighborhood with none of the benefits. Other neighborhoods are able to utilize the MBTA with direct nonstop bus routes, buy the city has not offered this solution to our transportation issue. I hope the city will continue to provide a school bus for the students of Charlestown. Thank you.
Thank you in advance for reconsidering the BPS position as we need a safe and reliable transportation system for our children.
We would use the bus for our 12 year old to get to school.
It's important to have a safe, reliable, option that gets our 12 yr old to school early in the morning without having to navigate a public transit system that doesn't have any direct routes between Charlestown and BLS.
Bus should be reinstated for the kids that go to school at BLS
It is not safe for our 12 year old daughter to navigate public transport systems in the early morning hours before school. Please provide a school bus to transport Charlestown students to BLS.
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I am very concerned to think my 12 year old daughter will be walking to take public transportation in the early mornings. The weather is very unpredictable and the mornings are not light once fall and winter arrives. This is not only a convienence for our community but more importantly a significant safety measure to have our 7th and 8th grade children ride a school bus to Boston Latin School