OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) — A mother is livid after being told her young daughter can no longer ride the bus to and from school, even though she has done so for the past several years.
The mom says they have lived in the same apartment over the past three years and her daughter has used the bus.
However, she has been told all of a sudden their home is too close to her child’s school.
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“I really just cannot figure out why or how anyone thinks that it’s a safer alternative for my child to walk that far,” Juli-Anna Scherpenseel, mother said. “When we have the option to walk a block over, get on the bus and it will safely take her to or from her destination.”
Now, she is being told her 8-year-old daughter doesn’t have that option anymore.
“Up until Monday she was riding the bus home every single day for the last three years,” Scherpenseel said.
State law says districts must provide transportation to families living a mile-and-a-half or more away from a school.