Catholic School Parents Demand Busing Transfer Fix
About a dozen parents of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School students requested that the Hatboro-Horsham School District ensure faster routes home for their kids.
Calling lengthy bus rides and transfers to Simmons Elementary School “unacceptable,” parents of parochial students asked the Hatboro-Horsham School Board Tuesday to spend an extra $200,000 to get their kids home quicker. One mom, whose sons attend Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School, said her second-grader has been transferring and enduring lengthy bus rides since kindergarten. Now she worries that her younger child, who is also attending the kindergarten through eighth-grade school in Maple Glen, will get home at 4:20 p.m. too. “It’s not just the transfer,” she said. “It’s a workday for these kids and they’re 8 and 6.” She was not alone. Parent after parent shared similar frustration at their kids’ late return home from school. Our Lady of…
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