From Where I Stand
There are Lessons to be Learned from the BOE Bus Policy
The change in bus routes was not political.
It is said that all politics is local. While the issue with the bus routes in Barrow County is not a political one, it brought out parents to be involved to express their dislike for the way the issue was handled. There are several lessons to be learned from this episode as school started back for another year. The first lesson is the need for an evaluation of the way decisions are communicated from the BOE to the public. Many, not all, people have computers. Having a website is one way of getting a message out to the people. Many, but not all, people have cell phones capable to receive text messages. E-mail has almost taken a backseat to the ever-advancing upgrades in technology. At some point in the process it would be good for the BOE …
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Crista Daniel
10:21 am on Monday, August 20, 2012
It was not only a change in bus routes. The parents were informed by their children that bus routes would not exist for middle and high school students, discriminating against their age, while routing buses to the same locations for elementary students. The bigger issue was that we were not informed by the BOE of the change and were told by our kids during the summer. The BOE does not have a … more ›