An average of 50 children are killed each year because of violence at school, but 600 are killed riding in passenger vehicles during school hours. School enrollments are expected to increase 33 percent by 2030.
Budgets are tight and pupil transportation often is the first thing on the chopping block.
LeMon encouraged parents to keep a close eye on school board decisions involving pupil transportation. If your state is cutting its pupil transportation budget, demand to know why. If funding cuts are delaying the purchase of new buses or making service so inconvenient for working parents that it's easier to drive children to school, demand more buses and more convenient schedules. If your teenagers want to drive to school instead of taking the bus, understand that doing so would greatly increase their risk of injury or death. Posted September 2, 1999.