Earlier this year, the Calgary Board of Education replaced several regular bus stops with a handful of so-called "congregated bus stops" in a bid to balance their budgets.
Calgary Board of Education to reduce bus stops and routes
But Kim Hall says she's out thousands of dollars after she had to pull her twin boys off their bus route because the closest congregated bus stop is eight blocks away — one of only three in the entire community of Royal Oak.
Lisa Davis, head of the Calgary Association of Parents and School Councils
Lisa Davis says the Calgary Association of Parents and School Councils has been inundated with complaints. (CBC)
"They would be trudging through a field. It's crossing a main street which is busy with traffic, and then crossing a number of side streets," Hall said.
Hall will now drive the two sixth-graders and then pay for before-and-after school care.