The School District of Lee County addressed parent concerns about bus stop safety.
Parents tell Fox 4 Lehigh Acres Community Correspondent Victoria Quevedo the stops are dangerous and the bus service is unreliable.
Lee County parents raise safety concerns about school bus stops
“The bus stops are horrific, absolutely horrific,” said Danielle Barone, a Lee County mother. “The conditions of the bus stops, let’s start there. You have kids that can’t even stand off into the weeds because they’re so overgrown, so now they’re in the street.”
District officials say they take every safety concern seriously and that every bus stop approved for use is safe and verified according to Florida Department of Education standards. The district posted this flier on it’s Facebook page.
However, parents like Barone say the district’s social media responses don’t match what they see every day…