According to State law, the district must offer free transport to any student living more than 1.5 miles from school or if they have to endure hazardous traffic.
Most of the Lincolnwood bussing district is less than 1.5 miles from the school. Perhaps McCormick is considered hazardous so that is why they are providing bus service.
According to State law, the district must offer free transport to any student living more than 1.5 miles from school or if they have to endure hazardous traffic.
Most of the Lincolnwood bussing district is less than 1.5 miles from the school. Perhaps McCormick is considered hazardous so that is why they are providing bus service.
There are no objective measure of hazard in the school code. It gets determined by the district.
Making King Arts a neighborhood school and expanding Dewey’s boundaries a couple of blocks west would do wonders for walkability. You are way below the 1.5 mi threshold and there are no serious traffic roads that can’t be dealt with by a crossing guard.
Didn’t I hear the city is doing something at the bridge on Emerson at Beck Park like a pedestrian overpass as part of the major improvements of the park? It could be that once that is in place, it removes Emerson as a safety hazard barrier for kids in that part of the ward so the district won’t have to bus them. Because as of now, anyone on the other side of Emerson would face that as a walkable barrier. Saves money on bussing and voila- school pays for itself! It’s called math, people! Quite seriously, the debacle of the new school aside, a pedestrian overpass there would be very welcome for bikers and runners and kids trying to get north to the skate park. I’m hoping it is true- being able to get kids safely to school is just a bonus.
I’m a 5th ward resident on Wesley, I live 2 blocks from Dewey but my kids are bussed into orrington. I have always wanted my kids to go to Dewey but Sarita told me it wasn’t equitable. A walk to the new 5th ward school across Emerson feels extremely difficult in comparison to Dewey.
According to State law, the district must offer free transport to any student living more than 1.5 miles from school or if they have to endure hazardous traffic.
Most of the Lincolnwood bussing district is less than 1.5 miles from the school. Perhaps McCormick is considered hazardous so that is why they are providing bus service.
There are no objective measure of hazard in the school code. It gets determined by the district.
Making King Arts a neighborhood school and expanding Dewey’s boundaries a couple of blocks west would do wonders for walkability. You are way below the 1.5 mi threshold and there are no serious traffic roads that can’t be dealt with by a crossing guard.
Didn’t I hear the city is doing something at the bridge on Emerson at Beck Park like a pedestrian overpass as part of the major improvements of the park? It could be that once that is in place, it removes Emerson as a safety hazard barrier for kids in that part of the ward so the district won’t have to bus them. Because as of now, anyone on the other side of Emerson would face that as a walkable barrier. Saves money on bussing and voila- school pays for itself! It’s called math, people! Quite seriously, the debacle of the new school aside, a pedestrian overpass there would be very welcome for bikers and runners and kids trying to get north to the skate park. I’m hoping it is true- being able to get kids safely to school is just a bonus.
Would be nice to have a crossing there and a pedestrian bridge over the canal
I’m a 5th ward resident on Wesley, I live 2 blocks from Dewey but my kids are bussed into orrington. I have always wanted my kids to go to Dewey but Sarita told me it wasn’t equitable. A walk to the new 5th ward school across Emerson feels extremely difficult in comparison to Dewey.