‘A12 - The Jerrace Standard, Wednesday, Octaber 2, 2002

School district puts kibosh on some student bus riders

THE FREE RIDE is over. School District 82 is

cracking, down on freeloa-

ders who hap on the school

bus even though they’re!

not eligible for a ride. These courtesy riders —

students who live inside

the school walk limit or go

to private schools — will,

have to find another way to get where they’re going.

“We haven't been al- lowing them on since the beginning of the school

year because we wanted to, get an accurate count of,

our eligible riders,” the district’s maintenance and transportalion superinten- dent Robert Gilfillan said.

“Once we have an ac- curate count, if the buses have room, we wili still give courtesy rides.”

The rules say students in Grades 1-3 can take the school bus if they live be- yond a 4-km radius from their school.

The walk limit is 4.8 km for students in Grades 4-7,

In the past, bus drivers taking students from the Horseshoe to Kalum Lake Drive and north Terrace would allow students poing to Uplands Elementary on the Bench to hop on the school bus for free and get dropped off.

“Fhey want the free ride and we’ve been told we can’t pive the free ride anymore,” Farwest Bus Lines Ltd. operations man-

SCHOOL STUDENTS who aren't eligible to take the bus according to school

district regulations will be getting more walking exercise or will have to find an- other way to get to class following a crackdown on bus use by the district.

ager Jerry Peltier said. ’ Students living in the Uplands area fall into the under 4.8km walk limit. That means they either _need to take public trans- ' portation, get a ride from a parent or someone else or walk to and from school. Peltier said there is an alternative for students who aren’t getting the free ridé anymore.

The Terrace Regional Transit System offers a school special that leaves Caledonia Senior Second-

ary every school day at 3:26 p.m.

The school district has -

been told it will be getting the same amount of money from the education mini- siry for transportation costs for the next three years. Secretary treasurer

Fake police car sought

TERRACE RCMP are in- vesligating two separate reports of a suspicious ve- hicle trying to get motor- ists to pull over by flashing its high beams and a blue strabe light.

On Sunday, Sept. 22 at 9:45 p.m. a white car was

parked with its headlights |

turned off on Highway 37 south near Williams Creek flats.

After a motorist passed, |

the car’s lights came on and it pursued the driver a

short distance while flash- | :

ing its high beams and some blue strobe lights on its dashboard area, police say. The driver of the car did not pull over for the vehi-

cle which turned off its

headlights and parked on the side of the road again.

A second car drove past and again the vehicle pulled out, turned on its

lights and blue strobe light |

and attempted to stop the car, That car did not pull over either, police said. Preliminary investiga- tion into the two occur- rence suggest this may not

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be an isolated situation, police add.

The vehicle is de- scribed as a white passen- ger car similar to a police car.

It’s an offence to have blue flashing lights on a motor vehicle and police say that all police vehicles will display both red and blue flashing lights.

“Just like they com- monly see around town. And if it’s unmarked it'll

still have a revolving red and blue flashing light,” says Cpl. Scott Lovell.

He adds police general- ly use marked police vehi- cles with lights mounted on the roof when conduct- ing speed patrols. He said only occasionally is an un- marked car used.

If you have information about these please contact Cst. Tom Kalis of the Terrace

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incidents.

Marcel Georges said that.

means the district can pocket any savings it cre- ates ~ pood news for the cash-strapped district.

But it may mean fewer routes and fewer buses in Terrace.

“We’re looking for effi- ciencies — if it can be done,” Georges said.

For example, the school board decides tonight if it will eliminate a school bus run between Meziadin and Stewart that’s only used by a handful of students.

Reviewing school bus routes is just one cost-sav- ing idea that’s come out of

the district’s new new stra- |

tegic budget committee.

Chaired by Rob Green- wood, the district’s direc- tor of instruction, the com- mittee recently met with Skeena MLA Roger Harris to discuss ways ta save cut expenses.

The commitiee has also sugested the district look at moving to a four-da

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