By Dena Wood
The Times
A Safer Trip to School
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August 22, 2013
Students will no longer have to walk across the Touchet River Bridge along Preston Avenue in Waitsburg on their way to school
WAITSBURG - This September, many Waitsburg schoolchildren will find the trek to school significantly safer than in recent years. Designating specific ar- eas of town as "hazardous walk routes" will allow for students to be bused to the school, rather than walking in dangerous conditions.
In years past, students living east of the Touchet River Bridge were eligible to ride the bus safely to school. Shortly before Dr. Clarke's appointment as Waitsburg School District Superintendent in 2004, transportation budgets were cut and state funded transportation was available only for students living...
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