Parents Ask District to Keep School Bus Stops
Parents this week urged Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District trustees to drop plans to eliminate dozens of bus stops, saying they would be willing to pay to maintain service levels.
Trustees in August approved revamping its transportation system, including reducing bus-riding eligibility zones in neighborhoods closer to schools.
Under the action, 38 stops would have been eliminated in January for middle and high schools.
District officials recently proposed cutting the number of eliminated stops to 34, responding to complaints that some students would be forced to walk more than 4 miles to get to and from school.
Trustees asked district staff members to bring back the proposed revisions and policy, which also includes changes to some elementary school stops next September, for further consideration at their Dec. 9 meeting.
District officials have said they need to eliminate stops to save from having to buy new buses in the next two or three years. The district spent more than $500,000 last year on new buses to keep up with student growth.
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