As I recally they are considering some kind of clause about dangerous areas for walking. I think we should all stay tuned.

They spoke about this topic briefly at last LMT BOC meeting. I was surprised these discussions are just happening now. There was a question about who pays for crossing guard. Township or EPSD.

I sent this email last week to LMT- everybody needs to get this to LMT commissioners- they work because I had them placed in Lower Providence Township in front of three schools when I was the Planning Director

Lastly, can you please investigate the possibility of the use of stalker boards for the Willow school area. This would greatly help the speeding car situation. I had the same problem in Lower Providence until I worked with the school district and had these placed at the school zones with the asphalt marked pavers at the crosswalks (like at Brandywine Subdivsion) http://www.stalkerradar.com/pdf/spboard_brochure.pdf

Mr. Senter:
You are asking very good questions. I have provided a link below used to get information from the district. Might I suggest you give that shot? Also, let's see what is stated tonight.
http://www.eastpennsd.org/School%20Board/

Bidding is the way to go. With the state saying no bus funding as a way to tell school boards to start looking a serious funding cuts from the state, parents need to have their children walk to school. What ever happened to safety cadet programs that taught kids leadership and responsibility? - a program sorely needed for many students. I would rather pay an adult to help mentor this program than to pay to a an adult to waste gas with a half empty buss riding around

We all need to hope and pray that the climate at the state level starts to change or we may have no school transportation available soon. We may all be using private transportation or driving our kids to school.
http://lowermacungie.patch.com/articles/east-penn-may-look-at-cutting-student-buses-in-2013-2014

This is one of the best ideas the school district has had in years. Today's kids keep getting lazier and lazier. They want to sit on the couch and play video games. This is a win-win situation for all involved parties. The district and taxpayers will save money, the kids will get some much-needed exercise, and it will take fossil fuel burning busses off the road. It really shouldn’t matter much for Willow Lane. Most of those helicopter parents drop off and pick up their kids anyway because riding the bus is beneath them. I hope they include a closure of the parent drop off as part of this program. It’s disgusting to see all of those parents wasting time and fuel in line dropping off and picking up their little primadonas. If they eliminated parent drop off and pickup that would significantly reduce morning traffic at Willow and Sauerkraut. I just hope the board has enough balls to stand up to these parents who are perpetuating the entitlement mentality in their children.

Students already walk to Jefferson and Lincoln elementary schools in Emmaus. (Both East Penn schools). Walking to Willow is not any different.

@LMTnative...call us helicopter parents or whatever you like. Im sure you are or were one of the parents who never cared about what your child was doing or where they are. I will be one of the parents driving my kids because I am a parent who gives a damn!

spoken by a true expert of hatred, lies and petiness

Rob, I'm afraid you are absolutely correct. With just about 65% of the school budget going to Salaries and Benefits...does not leave much else.

Good to see you folks are beating up on teachers again. That's at least a better argument than claiming the district could have a big tax giveback with no future consequences. If I need a loan soon I'll go find a teacher since they are so wealthy.

You got it Rob!

Thanks Rob, You just did so much for the kids when you were on the school board.

oh I see. Who was SoraingEagle??? Call me Jimmy Hoffa if you want. I could care less.

Christine, I think this area is out of the radius that would be required to walk. It's only the immediate neighborhoods adjacent to the school.

This is for children living 1.5 miles from the school with the "ability" to walk (ie, sidewalks). Anyone up Mill Creek Spur and Willow (going towards East Texas) would not be affected. But it IS affecting about 65% of the students. We live 1.3 miles from school, and while there are sidewalks, my son is NOT walking. Let us not forget that there are NO sidewalks on school property until you reach the front door. So, these children are supposed to walk in the midst of oncoming and outgoing traffic due another stupid development mistake they made.

The roads in Emmaus are no safer for the students walking to school than walking to Willow. In Emmaus the cars are parked in the street,making visibility poor, there are also railroad tracks. And last year a high school student was hit walking to school. The fact remains is that the district is not required to provide transportation except to special education students. Just face it Susan, you will be driving to school. I agree with you , I would not let my children walk to school either. But I doubt you can sue the district for something they are not required to provide. Maybe the district should take transportation out of the budget altogether. Have parents pay if they want their child to ride a bus like they do in the cities. Then every parent would have the option of a bus for their child. And only parents of children riding the bus will be paying for it. Now we all pay for the bus for other peoples' children to ride.

I agree with Taxed, make it a separate fee...you want your kid on the bus, you pay to put your kid on the bus...I don't mind dropping mine off at school

I think they should charge swain students to use east penns buses too. If the public school is not good enough for your child then pay the busing too, seems no one brought the private schools up, however the ones that pay the taxes for the district they use should pay extra.