Petitioners were notified of this determination by a letter from the district's business manager dated August 29, 1996. Respondent provided transportation for the first week of school to give them time to make other arrangements. Petitioners brought this appeal and requested a stay order. Petitioners' request for interim relief was denied on October 11, 1996. Petitioners object to respondent's remeasurement of the distances and the use of a new point at the school from which the measurements were made.
Petitioners further maintain that there is room for their children on buses passing by their homes.
Respondent alleges that the new measurements were based on an aerial survey performed by a private cartographer and maintains that its measuring point was proper. Initially, I must address a procedural issue. These additional submissions provide facts essential to the determination of this appeal, and, accordingly, I have considered them in this appeal. This section requires school districts to provide transportation for all children in grades kindergarten through eight who live more than two miles from the school which they legally attend. A district may choose to provide transportation for lesser distances as long as it is offered equally to all children in the district.