There is also an article in Houston Chronicle today July 11, 2010 but it's not online yet
Here is the scan
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Ross Elementary got the bus service back!
An Article in Bay Area Citizen here
There is also an article in Houston Chronicle today July 11, 2010 but it's not online yet
Here is the scan
There is also an article in Houston Chronicle today July 11, 2010 but it's not online yet
Here is the scan
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Thank You All Parents
Thank you to all parent speakers who shared their speech during the community input at the CCISD school board meeting tonight! Thank you to all of you who came out and showed support for them! We appreciate your effort and professionalism tonight. CCISD should make its final decision in a couple weeks... let's cross... our fingers and hope for the best! Will upload videos of speeches later on youtube. Have a great Summer everyone!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Please Come to the Board Meeting June 28 at 6pm!
Since the last schoold board meeting back in May, CCISD has not communicated with the Mayor, the League City Public Works Director as of today!!!...but we have! The city is sending a representative to the next school board meeting this coming Monday, June 28th, 2010! We have been heard...YOU ALL NEED TO COME TO THE MEE...TING, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for parent who will speak...WE CAN SAVE THE SCHOOL BUS!!!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Online Petition
Please sign up online petition. We should get at least 100 signatures, easy! Let your voice be heard!
Petition link here
Petition link here
Friday, May 28, 2010
Join us for Board Meeting June 28 at 6pm!
June Board Meeting
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: the Board Room of the Education Support Center
Street: 2425 East Main Street
City/Town: League City, TX
Please join us for June Meeting! We need your support. We already have assigned speakers but if we want to keep the bus service, we have to show the Board Members that we are a big consistent group of parents/taxpayers!
Date: Monday, June 28, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: the Board Room of the Education Support Center
Street: 2425 East Main Street
City/Town: League City, TX
Please join us for June Meeting! We need your support. We already have assigned speakers but if we want to keep the bus service, we have to show the Board Members that we are a big consistent group of parents/taxpayers!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Speeches from School Board meeting 5/24/2010
We posted all 5 videotaped speeches. Check them out and hear what they had to say on behalf of all us! Thank you again Michelle, Stacie, Troy, Jon, Michelle!
Michelle three minutes speech
Stacie three minutes speech
Troy one minute speech
Jon one minute speech
Michelle one minute speech
Stacie-Erik Barajas footage interview on 5-24-10 after the CCISD school board meeting! What she said that was not shown on TV!! here
Michelle three minutes speech
Stacie three minutes speech
Troy one minute speech
Jon one minute speech
Michelle one minute speech
Stacie-Erik Barajas footage interview on 5-24-10 after the CCISD school board meeting! What she said that was not shown on TV!! here
Monday, May 24, 2010
Watch a video about our bus service online
If you missed the news on Channel 13 at 10pm tonight you can watch the story here
Board Meeting updates plus watch Chanell 13 at 10pm today!
Watch Channel 13 news at 10pm, there will be a story about our bus service! We had five speakers for Board meeting and they did such a great job presenting our situation! We noticed Board members making notes and they promised to come back and review our situation. Sandra recorded each speach, so she will be posting it soon.
A Zillion THANKS to Michelle and Stacie (3min speakers), Troy, Jon, Michelle( 1min speakers). THey came with prepared statements and were very articulate! Videos will be uplaoded tonight. THANK YOU also to all parents who came to show support!!!!
THANK YOU DONNA SLONAKER for contacting channel 13!!! SHE was the direct contact with them!!!!! Giving you credit too, DOnna...We are all in this together!!
A Zillion THANKS to Michelle and Stacie (3min speakers), Troy, Jon, Michelle( 1min speakers). THey came with prepared statements and were very articulate! Videos will be uplaoded tonight. THANK YOU also to all parents who came to show support!!!!
THANK YOU DONNA SLONAKER for contacting channel 13!!! SHE was the direct contact with them!!!!! Giving you credit too, DOnna...We are all in this together!!
Board Meeting Today at 6pm
We found out that at least one parent(from CCMeadows) has a scheduled 3 minutes spot to speak before the school board. When all the 3min speakers are finished, it will be the 1 min speaker's turn. Troy F. and Michelle B.McN. will need to come early to make sure to file for their 1 min to speak based on first come firs...t serve rules. Please, Make sure to come and show support tomorrow 5/24//10 starting at 6pm
at Education Support Center 2425 Main Street, League City.
at Education Support Center 2425 Main Street, League City.
Please check our page on Facebook for more pictures, video and discussions.
Search for CCISD please keep the bus service for our kids.
Search for CCISD please keep the bus service for our kids.
Friday, May 21, 2010
We made a video of Traffic Fm518 near Ross Elementary
Please check a video of FM 518 road near Ross Elementary during morning school drop off.
Right now we still have a bus service, imagine how traffic will look if we let CCISD to cancel the bus service.
Fm 518 morning
Entrance to Ross Elementary
Walking
In the third video some parent decided to cross the street taking his child to Ross Elementary. We don't know these people, we just happened to have a camera the moment they walked.
Right now we still have a bus service, imagine how traffic will look if we let CCISD to cancel the bus service.
Fm 518 morning
Entrance to Ross Elementary
Walking
In the third video some parent decided to cross the street taking his child to Ross Elementary. We don't know these people, we just happened to have a camera the moment they walked.
Please Plan to Attend Board Meeting May 24 at 6pm!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: the Board Room of the Education Support Center
Street: 2425 East Main Street
City/Town: League City, TX
To discuss a letter from the Transportation Department about cancelation of bus service for the Landing, Cedar Landing I , Cedar Landing II and Clear Creek Meadow subdivisions for upcoming school year with Board Members.
Citizens who wish to speak to the Board for one minute during the community input portion of the meeting may come to the Board Room before 7 p.m. and complete a brief form requesting that opportunity. After hearing the three-minute speakers, the Board president will call for the one-minute speakers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please refer to Board Policy BED (LOCAL).
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: the Board Room of the Education Support Center
Street: 2425 East Main Street
City/Town: League City, TX
To discuss a letter from the Transportation Department about cancelation of bus service for the Landing, Cedar Landing I , Cedar Landing II and Clear Creek Meadow subdivisions for upcoming school year with Board Members.
Citizens who wish to speak to the Board for one minute during the community input portion of the meeting may come to the Board Room before 7 p.m. and complete a brief form requesting that opportunity. After hearing the three-minute speakers, the Board president will call for the one-minute speakers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please refer to Board Policy BED (LOCAL).
We Called Channel 2 and wrote to Channel 13
called 713-223-TIPS for local channel 2 INVESTIGATES... Left a message on their line...hopefully, will get a call back...please do the same if you want something changed!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
15 people signed petition last night
I walked around my neigborhood last night and 15 people signed petition.
My son helped me to pick houses where bus riders live.
My son helped me to pick houses where bus riders live.
Flyers
We created flyers to put on doors, I will start doing it today.
Flyer:
Have you heard?
CCISD canceling the bus service for our kids!
It means:
UNSAFE WALKS FOR OUR 5-11 y.o. KIDS > 30 min ... See More
UNBEARABLE TRAFFIC FOR ADULTS
Please connect and help us save the bus service!
Facebook: CCISD Please Keep the Bus Service for our kids
Blog: http://pleasekeepthebusservice.blogspot/
I made a small spreadsheet, which fit 12 business card size flyers, if you want to walk around your neighborhood e-mail me and I will send you an Excel file to print.
Flyer:
Have you heard?
CCISD canceling the bus service for our kids!
It means:
UNSAFE WALKS FOR OUR 5-11 y.o. KIDS > 30 min ... See More
UNBEARABLE TRAFFIC FOR ADULTS
Please connect and help us save the bus service!
Facebook: CCISD Please Keep the Bus Service for our kids
Blog: http://pleasekeepthebusservice.blogspot/
I made a small spreadsheet, which fit 12 business card size flyers, if you want to walk around your neighborhood e-mail me and I will send you an Excel file to print.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Our Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCISD-please-keep-the-bus-service-for-our-kids/119906488043341
Much more updates there, please join us!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCISD-please-keep-the-bus-service-for-our-kids/119906488043341
Much more updates there, please join us!
Lets invite the Board Members for a walk!
Please send keepthebus@gmail.com your email adress. She would love parents to be a part of an email adressed to the members of the school board of Trustees to challenge them all to walk to school. that way they would know it is not just one parent but many many parents.
Email all members School Board of Trustees...
Email all Members School Board of Trustees...
They are the ones making the decisions on School buses!
here are the emails : stuart-stromeyer@ccisd.net, dee-scott@ccisd.net, ken-baliker@ccisd.net, robert-davee@ccisd.net, charlie-pond@ccisd.net, win-weber@ccisd.net, ann-hammond@ccisd.net, grsmith@ccisd.net
They are the ones making the decisions on School buses!
here are the emails : stuart-stromeyer@ccisd.net, dee-scott@ccisd.net, ken-baliker@ccisd.net, robert-davee@ccisd.net, charlie-pond@ccisd.net, win-weber@ccisd.net, ann-hammond@ccisd.net, grsmith@ccisd.net
May 18, 2010
To: Clear Creek Transportation
From: Ross Elementary Parents
Re: Bus Service for Landing, Cedar Landing and Clear Creek Meadow
Dear Mr. Dean Lewis,
We are very upset to find out that you decided to cancel the bus service for the Landing, Cedar Landing and Clear Creek Meadows subdivisions for the upcoming school year.
We can’t help but wonder if you or your staff has ever been on FM 518 between Landing and Ross Elementary during school zone hours?
There are two ways for kids to walk to Ross Elementary: FM 518 and "safe" route proposed by your Department. We have itemized some important facts below:
1.The road doesn’t have any sidewalks. A child can easily fall or be pushed into the ditch by another child. Or, worse yet, get pushed or fall into the highways and be run over by a car.
2. To exacerbate the lack of sidewalks, there is a very dangerous bridge near Ross Elementary, over which children will have to walk. We believe that it is almost impossible to expect a child of 5-11 years navigate this highway without serious incident! We question whether you or your staff has taken the opportunity to actually walk this route in the mornings that you expect our treasure to navigate on their own? It is a very dangerous road to walk on, and your decision will create hazardous condition. There are five lanes of busy traffic in front of the school.
3. Additionally, there are many unsafe places between the school and the subdivisions, including an Auto Shop, a Convenience Store, a Gas Station and a Gun Shop. Children should not be walking alone here. One never knows what could happen to them. We are sure that many children whose parents work will be forced to walk in this dangerous area - children who are 11 years old and younger.
4. There is a “safe” route you suggest for our kids to take to avoid highway 518, but it takes at least 35 minutes of walking. We believe that it is unreasonable to expect children 5-11 years old to remember all the turns and not get into an unsafe situation? Please check the sex offender website to see how your “Safe” route puts our children in the crosshairs of something potentially worse than a tumble into a ditch or a fall into an oncoming vehicle.
5. The road already has a huge traffic problem every morning and afternoon during school drop off and pick up time, and if you cancel bus service we believe more parents will decide to drive their children, so the traffic will become unbearable for all League City residents.
Please review this situation again. Our hope is that decisions that are made consider the broader and more important facts such as safety of our children and that our expectations are commensurate to the age and capability of those on which we place those expectations. We feel that has not been properly considered in the decision on bus service. The press is currently aware of these decisions and has been contacting parents to discuss these very issues. We are critically concerned about our youngest children, and have been vocal to the press. Everyone is watching, and we think better decisions can be made which consider the current budget shortfall AND our children’s safety and well being. We would welcome an open dialogue or town hall meeting to discuss this in a more collaborative way.
Thank you for your reconsideration of this safety issue.
To: Clear Creek Transportation
From: Ross Elementary Parents
Re: Bus Service for Landing, Cedar Landing and Clear Creek Meadow
Dear Mr. Dean Lewis,
We are very upset to find out that you decided to cancel the bus service for the Landing, Cedar Landing and Clear Creek Meadows subdivisions for the upcoming school year.
We can’t help but wonder if you or your staff has ever been on FM 518 between Landing and Ross Elementary during school zone hours?
There are two ways for kids to walk to Ross Elementary: FM 518 and "safe" route proposed by your Department. We have itemized some important facts below:
1.The road doesn’t have any sidewalks. A child can easily fall or be pushed into the ditch by another child. Or, worse yet, get pushed or fall into the highways and be run over by a car.
2. To exacerbate the lack of sidewalks, there is a very dangerous bridge near Ross Elementary, over which children will have to walk. We believe that it is almost impossible to expect a child of 5-11 years navigate this highway without serious incident! We question whether you or your staff has taken the opportunity to actually walk this route in the mornings that you expect our treasure to navigate on their own? It is a very dangerous road to walk on, and your decision will create hazardous condition. There are five lanes of busy traffic in front of the school.
3. Additionally, there are many unsafe places between the school and the subdivisions, including an Auto Shop, a Convenience Store, a Gas Station and a Gun Shop. Children should not be walking alone here. One never knows what could happen to them. We are sure that many children whose parents work will be forced to walk in this dangerous area - children who are 11 years old and younger.
4. There is a “safe” route you suggest for our kids to take to avoid highway 518, but it takes at least 35 minutes of walking. We believe that it is unreasonable to expect children 5-11 years old to remember all the turns and not get into an unsafe situation? Please check the sex offender website to see how your “Safe” route puts our children in the crosshairs of something potentially worse than a tumble into a ditch or a fall into an oncoming vehicle.
5. The road already has a huge traffic problem every morning and afternoon during school drop off and pick up time, and if you cancel bus service we believe more parents will decide to drive their children, so the traffic will become unbearable for all League City residents.
Please review this situation again. Our hope is that decisions that are made consider the broader and more important facts such as safety of our children and that our expectations are commensurate to the age and capability of those on which we place those expectations. We feel that has not been properly considered in the decision on bus service. The press is currently aware of these decisions and has been contacting parents to discuss these very issues. We are critically concerned about our youngest children, and have been vocal to the press. Everyone is watching, and we think better decisions can be made which consider the current budget shortfall AND our children’s safety and well being. We would welcome an open dialogue or town hall meeting to discuss this in a more collaborative way.
Thank you for your reconsideration of this safety issue.
We need your help!
This blog is for all parents and students who affected or going to be affected by Clear Creek Transportation decision of canceling the bus service for our kids... Even if you don't have a child at school but have to drive on FM 518 toward I-45 during school zone hours you will be affected because the traffic will become unbearable and you will be late for anything you planned. We have a page on Facebook but if you ar enot on Facebook, we will try to post all update here too.
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