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Children Shouldn't Have To Dodge Cars To Get To School
  1. Signatures
    577 out of 1,000
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    1. President, Wayne Board of Education (+ 6 others)
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      • President, Wayne Board of Education (Robert Ceberio)
      • Wayne Schools
      • Transportation Supervisor (Daryl Fennell)
      • State Senator, 40th District (Senator Kevin O'Toole)
      • Assemblyman (Scott T. Rumana)
      • Assemblyman (David C. Russo)
      • Interim Superintendent, Wayne Public Schools (Michael Roth)
  2. Created By
    Jody Astolfi
    Wayne, NJ
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In Wayne, New Jersey, students must walk alongside busy, four-lane roads, dart past cars going 45 miles per hour, and trudge down roads without sidewalks -- all to get to school.

Parents Jody and David Astolfi want their daughter, and other students like her, to have safe passage to school via a schoolbus or a paved walkway. But since they live less than 2.5 miles away from a school, New Jersey state law states that the school district doesn't have to provide busing. And the town of Wayne says funding sidewalks isn't a priority. So children must continue to dart past cars driving 45 miles per hour and cross busy roads.

Wayne's school district says it's the town's responsibility to construct sidewalks and provide crossing guards, but the city says it has no money to build sidewalks.

The National Center for Safe Routes to School helps states and communities create safe routes to school. These, and other groups, connect concerned parents with the tools they need to protect their children.

Wayne's school district should protect kids on their way to school. Ask them to pledge to work with the National Center for Safe Routes to School to figure out a compromise that makes everyone safe.

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Wayne Children Deserve Safe Passage To School

Dear New Jersey Leader

In Wayne, students are on their way to becoming statistics.

Local students must walk alongside busy, four-lane roads, dart past cars going 45 miles per hour, and trudge down roads without sidewalks -- all to get to school.

Parents Jody and David Astolfi want their daughter, and other students like her, to have safe passage to school via a schoolbus or a paved walkway. But since they live less than 2.5 miles away from school, their child must continue to dart past cars driving 45 miles per hour and cross busy roads.

School leaders say it's the town's responsibility to construct sidewalks and provide crossing guards, but Wayne says it has no money to build sidewalks.

Your help is needed to protect kids on their way to school, before it's too late. Please pledge to work with local parents, transportation, school and government officials, and the National Center for Safe Routes to School (their website is: http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/) or another similar organization to figure out a compromise that makes everyone safe.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

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