On a recent summer day, several eighth graders tested out their walk to school — a mile and a half across two major roads to Otto Middle School in Plano.
For years, Sophia Livengood, 13, Sophia Ortega, 13, and Ivy Rogers, 12, have taken the bus. This school year, it’s no longer an option.
Students living more than two miles from campus automatically qualify for free busing, as do those who face “hazardous traffic conditions if they walked to school.”…