Starting next month, the Clairton City School District will require charter school students to take public transportation to school.

"These kids are probably going to have to catch the bus at 7 in the morning or earlier even," parent Lori Petanovich said.

While a walking district, the Clairton City School District provides transportation to charter school students within a 10-mile radius.

"It's rough for most adults to catch the bus out here, and then with the change of bus transportation, losing hours and the way the routes go, I wouldn't like it for the kids," parent Rhonda Parrotte.

"What do you say to people who say Pittsburgh Public School students do it, so these students could do it, too? KDKA's Mamie Bah asked Petanovich.

"We're not Pittsburgh. Those kids are used to living in

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