However, exceptions are made for students who live in areas determined to be “hazardous,” such as a lack of sidewalks, lack of controlled pedestrian crossings or ongoing construction, according to district documents.
At the April 5 LISD meeting, trustees voted to discontinue transportation services to 12 areas no longer deemed as hazardous and within 2 miles of the school in question for the 2018-19 academic year, including:
- Cypress Elementary: around 177 students within the Twin Creeks neighborhood north of the traffic circle at Grand Oaks Loop, with a new crossing guard at Old Mill Road and Anderson Mill Road;
- Cypress Elementary: around 136 students within the Bella Vista neighborhood, with a new crossing guard at Old Mill Road and Anderson Mill Road;
- Reed Elementary: around 38 students from Regal Parc Apartments;
- Westside Elementary School: around 5 students in the Westside Preserve neighborhood living along Drop Tine Drive, Lone Buck Pass and Whitewing Drive;
- Naumann Elementary: around 68 students within the Cypress Bend neighborhood, with new crossing guards at Cypress Creek Road;
- Running Brushy Middle School: around 23 students within the Timberline East neighborhood, with new crossing guards at Bagdad Road and Osage Drive;
- Running Brushy Middle School: around 5 students living along Oakwood Drive, Adrian Drive, Castlewood Trail and Oak Hollow Drive;
- Running Brushy Middle School: around 64 students within the Coventry, High Meadows and Deerfield Park neighborhoods, with new crossing guards at Bagdad Road and New Hope Drive;
- Running Brushy Middle School: around 22 students from Cedar Ridge Apartments, with crossing guards at Bagdad Road and Osage Drive;
- Leander High School: around 24 students in the area northeast of the intersection of Bagdad Road and Crystal Falls Parkway;
- Leander High School: around 82 students within the Cedar Park Ranchettes and Deerfield Park neighborhoods;
- Leander High School: around 16 students within the Fairways neighborhood;
Readers can learn more about the specific areas affected in the meeting agenda packet.
At the same meeting, the LISD board heard a presentation about a new dating violence awareness program for high school athletes.