The Hartland-Lakeside School District is increasing its “pay to ride” busing fee from $110 to $830 per student. The program allows children who live two miles or closer to a school to pay to ride the bus. Legally, the school district does not have to bus any child who lives within two miles unless a hazard prevents them from walking.
Ashley Johnson has a second grader who uses the program. She said the school is too far for her son to walk.
“It is over a mile away and you are crossing railroad tracks,” Johnson said. “People are zipping through there. It is just not safe.”
Alex Neffenger has two older boys who walk to another elementary school…