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School bus eligibility tool to be accessible to parentsBy Dominik KurekWednesday, Feb. 9 to make avail-Kathryn Bateman-Olmstead, who farther away from another student, all the particulars of the new soft-OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFable to the general public a tool brought forward a motion. I spend who gets bused to school.ware, she believes it will allow for athey use for calculating walking many hours each year answering According to board staff mem-public portal where people will beAre you confused about why distances.questions from parents regarding ber Domenico Renzella, the dis-able to see how the busing/walkingyour child has to walk to school Currently, elementary school this issue. crepancies are usually due to prop-calculations were made.while your neighbours child is students 1.6 km away from the She added school board staff and erty lines. The measurement is If the new software does notbused?school or farther get bused while Halton Transportation Services are from property line to property allow for such a function, HaltonLast week, the Halton District secondary school students 4 km or regularly faced with the same ques-line, not door to door, and the Hills trustee Gillian Tuck KutarnaSchool Board took steps to clear up more away from the school are tions.route is never measured going asked the transport service to deter-some of the confusion over busi-bused.Other trustees around the board through another property. Even if mine what it would cost to provideness policies.Its about saving time and sav-table echoed those sentiments.a child can cut through a property that function.Public school trustees voted ing energy, said Oakville trustee The board uses a Geographic to shorten the distance, the stu-Trustees referred another part of Information System (GIS)-based dent would still qualify to ride the the motion to a committee of themapping software, which calculates bus.whole, to determine whether anExhibit honours 100 years of scoutingdistance from property line to prop-According to Karen Lacroix, adjudication process would beerty line. It is the same maps used general manager of Halton Student required if discrepancies are stillThe Oakville Museum at Erchless fire stories and watch a video inter-by the municipalities.Transportation Services, which found.Estate is celebrating the 100th anni-view with Roy Kelley, a Scout in According to Bateman-transports students at all four local In another motion, trusteesversary of scouting in Oakville with Oakville in the 1920s.Olmstead, calls are usually made by school boards, the agency bought a asked staff to estimate the cost toits new exhibition, Scouts Honour: The exhibition runs from Feb.19- parents, who find discrepancies in new mapping software.reduce the walk-to distances from100 Years of Adventure in Oakville.March 1, at the Oakville Museum, 8 distances. A common call is one The organization is currently in 1.6 km to 1 km for elementary stu-The exhibition launches at a free Navy St.made by a parent of a child, who transition to the new GIS software. dents and from 4 km to 3.2 km forfamily event on Saturday, Feb. 19 Admission is free but donations walks to school, but seems to live Though Lacroix doesnt know secondary students.from 1- 4 p.m. are appreciated. The event includes camp-inspired Since Frank H. Chisholms sin-snacks, dogsled races, Cub car rac-gle troop in 1911, Oakville Scouts ing, outdoor camping demonstra-have maintained a strong and mean-tions and campfire stories.ingful presence in the community, The exhibition features a 1920s said Carolyn Cross, curator of collec-camp menu with cooking instruc-tions at the Oakville Museum. This tions, historic uniforms, badges, exhibition has lots of hands-on activ-manuals, flags and a genuine wolfs ities such as knot tying, animal head totem used by the Second tracking, guessing the age of a tree Oakville Troop.and a survival game. 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