Youngsters not capable of walking to and from bus stop

I would like to address a column written by staff writer Kathy Baratta in the July 26 issue of the News Transcript.

Let me first say that I, too, live in the Holiday North development and the bus does not stop at every other driveway. As a matter of fact, the bus did not even come down our block this year for the children attending Lafayette Mills School.

To say that a 5-year-old is old enough to find his way home and would be mortified if his mother had shown up to walk him only shows that you are the one lacking the responsibility to safely care for your children.

I would say that the majority of parents are at the bus stop. For the few incidents that prevented a parent from being there, a 6-year-old should have never been left alone. I hope your battery never dies while you are shopping or Route 9 is closed since another truck ran off the road.

Your children can be wandering around town if all thought that this could make a parent irresponsible. Since I am living here my daughter has brought home at least three fliers notifying parents of strange cars hanging out near bus stops. In a state that started Megan’s Law, are you blind to the fact that perverts live everywhere? It has even happened in our quiet town.

Also, Route 9 is a quick getaway for the strangers passing through our town.

As you said, when you went to the Pine Street School, it was for sixth, seventh and eighth grades. A need for a separate middle school such as MEMS was not necessary. Since it is necessary now, the transportation coordinator must utilize whatever buses they have and in order to do so the pickup time can be 6:45 a.m. I would not like my daughter walking to a bus stop in the dark so early in the morning.

Jules Reznik

Manalapan