129 More Lindenhurst Students Now Eligible To Ride School Bus

LINDENHURST, NY — Many Lindenhurst students will no longer walk through high-traffic areas to get to school.

The Lindenhurst Union Free School District said 129 more students have gained bus eligibility after they updated their assessment, a representative confirmed with Patch.

The announcement comes more than one month after parents expressed concerns, saying that despite being close to schools, their children had to walk through dangerous, high-traffic areas.

After several audits, the district determined that 110 out of 5,700 students in the were considered ineligible to ride the bus, due to their proximity to schools. In a letter to families, Superintendent Anthony Davidson wrote that the district could lose state funding if they continued busing kids who are not eligible.

In a board meeting last week, the district voted to have moved the end points of the middle school and high school to one single end point at the main entrance door, intending to make more students eligible to ride the bus, News 12 said.