Durham Bus Company has failed to fulfill the obligation of its contract for many years. This inability to provide basic bus services to the Mount Pleasant school zones is greatly disrupting the education of our students. Late and or no-show buses have created a stressful and hectic environment for families all over the county. It is estimated that over 1000 families have chosen to not use the bus service at all even though they would like to. This has resulted in a massive traffic issue in the Park West, Dunes West, and Carolina Park area. Many families do not have the option to drive their students to school, especially with a last minute notice. This causes parents and students an excessive amount of stress twice a day. The community has exhausted all effects to aid the bus company in solving this issue. Parents have organized several attempts to reach out to CCSD and Durham Bus Company, to offer parent support and professional advice as well as problem-solving strategies. Durham and CCSD have failed to collaborate with parents on this pressing issue. We are hereby requesting that CCSD revoke the contract with Durham Bus Company on the grounds that the basic needs of the contract have not been met. Numerous families report only receiving on-time bus service 3 times a week. If parents choose to drive the students after waiting at the bus stop for an extended amount of time, the student is given a tardy due to the bus company's incompetence. On many occasions, parents are dealing with multiple "no-show buses" and must scramble to drive students to multiple schools. Students are overwhelmed with the stress of not knowing if they will have a bus to take them home. Although some of the time a bus returns late, this often causes the students to miss out on valuable education time. This has effects on before and after-school activities as well. We parents and students find Durham Bus Company and the Charleston County School board incompetent in the area of transportation. Durham and CCSD have continued to blame the issue on a lack of drivers. This is not solely the cause. Inadequate management has set a standard of incompetence. Drivers have reached out to parents explaining that the buses are unreliable and unsafely mismanaged. Drivers who work multiple jobs and drive from a great distance, broken down busses, and extra routes have caused some drivers to lose their primary jobs. Durham Bus Company continues to recruit from the same demographic, despite recommendations to alter their hiring strategies to local retirees and churches and organizations in Mt. Pleasant. Under the current contract, Durham Bus Company is obligated to have a 10% backup staff available for sick or late drivers. This has not been met in years, as far as we can tell. It is our understanding that CCSD has been withholding funds from Durham due to this lack of service. No explanation as to where those funds have gone has been made available. Parents spend countless hours calling and emailing in an effort to solve this ongoing crisis. Many of our students will be of driving age soon, yet overcrowded schools lack adequate parking and our children are not likely to obtain a parking pass, leaving the bus as the primary option. Parents have stressed that the bus issue has affected their own employment status as well. Our families deserve better than this. The only alternative solution that we find acceptable is for Mount Pleasant to be removed from the existing contract and a new contract with an alternative bus company be established. If an alternative bus company is not willing to accept a contract with Mount Pleasant on the grounds that CCSD busses are inadequate, then those busses should be sold or relocated to other areas with lower student demand. This would allow for a new contract with a competing company to supply our growing Mount Pleasant with drivers and buses. We are asking for this new contract to be in place before the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Please support our students and families.

Children are required to walk a 1.5 mile radius or greater to school in conditions that may cause harm!

We are calling upon you to take action on this petition. If the Springfield Park District can close a historic preschool after 46 years of service, with minimal input from the community, what will they take from us next? Your tax dollars matter --- forward this petition to your neighbors, friends, and family now.

I'm an educator and most people are not aware that juvenile sex offenders are allowed to attend school and there's usually nothing the school can do. It is not fair to victims or their families to face this injustice on a daily basis. Washington state has a model policy that enforces this law and I feel that Ohio should join this effort.

Many historically black colleges and universities have strict rules and regulations regarding when a student can have visitors over and how long each guest can stay. At Clark Atlanta, students are allowed to have up to 2 guests in their room for a duration of 5 hours. We, the students, believe that visitation hours should be extended at our institution because other students have this opportunity at predominantly white institutions and visitation hours do not affect our academics.

For 4 years I have been trying to get a behavior coach to attend school with my two adopted children, who come from a background of severe neglect that led to them being removed from their home. For 4 years I have been trying to get them help in the school. The school does not have the tools to deal with my children's behaviors. This is obvious by the constant calls and emails from their teachers and principal. This could be an incredible help to the school (as mentioned by the principal and their teachers) and to me, as I could be working outside of the home without the calls while at work. I had to quit last year because of the needs of my children. I just started working again and have had to remind myself why I stopped working in the first place. Please help this family out!

Russell Sage College should remain true to its original mission of developing the skills of women in a single-sex environment. Women's colleges are STILL highly relevant and needed in today's society, as the battle for women's rights is NOT finished. Studies have shown the benefits to women who attend women's colleges, and the numbers of existing women's colleges in the US is already dwindling. I refuse to financially support the decision to turn Russell Sage College coeducational.

Wednesday, January 30th students of SIUE were exposed to below zero temperatures when most other colleges and schools closed. The health and safety of students at SIUE should be a top priority to staff, making sure the campus closes whenever the weather gets to be too cold.

Class only goes for about 2 hours each lab, so instead of coming in early and having 2 hours until our next class, pushing back lab an hour would make our day much easier!

The University of Alabama is in need of an amazing taco establishment that embraces the Tex-Mex culture and strives to bring happiness and fulfillment to all of its customers. Torchy's Tacos is that place exactly. No other place amounts to the bliss that is experienced when tasting the glory of Torchy's Tacos.

CV Residents are not satisfied with the food offered in the cottages. Some residents often go without eating because of the food served. Residents feel that there should be more food options because it ensures everyone eats and creates a better experience for residents at CV.

My sister has worked in 3 separate states as a teacher, two of them paid her fast food employee wages. During these two years she fought hard to find a job in a state that would pay her fairly for the job she was doing. Teachers play a significant role in laying a strong foundation for our children. We cannot say honestly, the future will be bright in America, if we shortchange future generations by not supporting their grade school teachers. Our teachers deserve better.