Busing kids a bad idea

Thu., May 5, 2016

So I heard that the Prairie View sixth-graders are going to be bused all the way to Northwood Middle School instead of spending their sixth-grade year at Prairie View. The problem is that it’s only a one-year solution. They need a long-term solution.

Why would they keep building houses when there isn’t even enough room at the school and have to have a waiting list? They should stop building houses and start making enough room for all of the kids that live on Five Mile.

I don’t think the sixth-graders should be grouped with middle-schoolers when they don’t even know their place. This just isn’t a good idea.

Kirsten Hallock

Spokane

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