Just think of the possible

lawsuits if a child or children were killed or injured in an accident.

The plan as it exists places a terrible burden on the drivers. They surely

don't need any more responsibility. They have enough as it is now. Money

saved on minimum bus service would look small indeed if that terrible

scenario happened.

It even gets worse. On Oct.

26 daylight saving time ends and the children will be in the dark while

waiting on street corners. It is not only the children being inconvenienced;

it's also the parents, as their schedules all have to be changed. This

whole thing is generating a lot of ill will. The natives are definitely

restless.

I would urge the board to cut

the budget somewhere else. With the huge budget they have there must be

other places to cut. How about deadwood in the administration department;

there must be quite a lot. Every huge organization has lots of deadwood.

It accumulates like dust through the years and takes people with guts

to root it out.

I have a suggestion. Take all

of the board members that voted to curtail bus service and throw them

off the board and then listen closely to those that oppose it. These will

be the intelligent ones. It is not right to save money on the safety of

children. When it comes down to it children are the only valuables we

really have.

I never rode a school bus myself.

I walked to public school and high school, and to those that say children

should walk to school, I say we have a changed world. We now have predators

and thousands more cars on the streets. Small children are not capable

of assessing the risks that modern society has brought us.

In conclusion I ask whatever

money is saved, is it worth the life of one child?

I think not.

Curtiss F. Ross

Peachtree City