To: St Johns County School District and the Director of Transportation Mr. Alfred A. Pantano
Reinstate Bus Service for St Johns Forest Community to Liberty Pines Academy (LPA)
Due to the "two-mile rule" in Florida, half of the residents of St Johns Forest Community in St Johns, Florida, have lost bus service to Liberty Pines Academy (LPA) located on Russell Sampson Road in St Johns County, Florida. Students walking to school from St Johns Forest Community must exit through the "back gate" of the neighborhood at North Arabella Road and St Johns Parkway, walk along St Johns Parkway and Florida State Road 9B, before crossing to Russell Sampson Road. St Johns Parkway and Florida State Road 9B are extremely dangerous with little to no protection for students walking to school.
LPA educates students from kindergarten through 8th grade. This walking path is unsafe for both elementary and middle school age students. Residents have advocated to have buses reinstated since buses were revoked in 2018 with many news articles published since then on the matter.
Please sign this petition to bring buses back to the residents of St Johns Forest Community.
LPA educates students from kindergarten through 8th grade. This walking path is unsafe for both elementary and middle school age students. Residents have advocated to have buses reinstated since buses were revoked in 2018 with many news articles published since then on the matter.
Please sign this petition to bring buses back to the residents of St Johns Forest Community.
- More crashes raise more concerns for students walking to school along St. Johns Parkway by Claire Alfree (2024)
- First Coast News: Crash on St. Johns Parkway renews calls for a school bus to Liberty Pines Academy by Zach Wilcox (2024)
- First Coast News: Crash on St. Johns Parkway renews calls for a school bus to Liberty Pines Academy (Video) (2024)
- First Coast News: New sidewalk under construction for St. Johns Parkway - Parents still want permanent school bus by Zach Wilcox (2023)
- Yahoo News: St. Johns County taking steps to fix dangerous walk to school for children of St. Johns Forest by Logan MacDonald (2023)
- Action News Jax: INVESTIGATES: $800,000 budgeted to move St. Johns County sidewalk amid safety concerns by Ben Becker (2022)
- Letter: Reinstate safety of St Johns Forest school bus by Kim Kendall (2021)
- St Augustine Record: FDOT could reverse busing decision for Liberty Pines students to address 'unsafe' walking path by Colleen Michele Jones (2021)
- St Augustine Record: St. Johns County parents take government, school officials to task for student walkway by Colleen Michele Jones (2021)
- First Coast News: A 'dangerous' journey: Mother fighting for bus services to be reinstated for St. Johns Co. subdivision after multiple crashes by Haley Harrison (2021)
- First Coast News: Parents outraged after St. Johns Co. Schools takes away bus, students to walk 2 miles by Lana Harris (2018)
- St Augustine Record: In harm's way? by Colleen Jones (2018)
- News4Jax: St. Johns Forest parents upset after district cancels bus service to K-8 school by Allyson Henning (2018)
- Action News Jax: St. Johns School District reinstate school buses after news investigation into sidewalk safety by Elizabeth Pace (2018)
- Action News Jax: St. Johns County parents express concerns over school bus cuts by Elizabeth Pace (2018)
Why is this important?
Please sign this petition to bring buses back to the residents of St Johns Forest Community. Officials need to understand that this school walk is too dangerous for children to traverse and families need support for children to and from school. Transportation must be provided before a child is critically injured.