SCHOOLS: Walking into a battle

When my grandchildren registered for school this year their parents were told that they would have to walk to the new bus stop almost two miles away. State law says that you cannot make children walk more than 1.5 miles. How can the Coeur d'Alene School District break the law? And talk about child endangerment - no sidewalks or street lights.

The school advised me that they can pay 45 cents a mile. What if both parents work and grandparents live 50 miles away? That would be 100 miles round-trip twice a day which would amount to $90 a day. I would think it would be cheaper to bus children on rural routes.

And isn't this discrimination? We can bus students to sporting events spending $240,000 a year but not pick up students for academics. Has the world gone mad? Please come to the trustee meeting on Monday to voice your concerns. I know there are 45 families that have been affected. Let's take our schools back.

DONNA J. SMITH

Pinehurst