PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Some parents in the Port Washington-Saukville School District are concerned about how they'll get their children to school this fall after changes in the enforcement of the district's busing policy.
The school district is now requiring families to fill out online forms to verify they live more than two miles from school or qualify for a safety exemption in order to receive bus transportation.
Kirsten Coenen and her husband live in Port Washington but their children attend Saukville Elementary, just under two miles away on the other side of Interstate 43.
School bus policy changes concern parents
Coenen says that, in the past, families would have to call the bus company directly to sign their kids up for transportation, and that there was little enforcement of