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In case you didn’t already know, the Oak Ridge City Council meets tomorrow night, July 24, at 7:30pm. I think if you are a city resident and you are at all concerned about the effects of the Council’s actions on our school children you should go too.

I plan to address the council at tomorrow night’s meeting. If you want to address the council as well, but are at a loss for words, here’s what I’m going to say:

I am the father of two students at Willow Brook Elementary School. My family is fortunate to live just outside the one mile radius of the school. My children are therefore eligable for bus service. The other night I was talking to my son, who just started Kindergarten. He said that one of his classmates is a walker. Now think about that for a moment. A kindergartener is walking to and from school. I hope she has an adult to walk with her. I hate to imagine, though, the circumstances that would force a parent to send a kindergarten child walking to school. So, I want to pose this question to everybody who benefits from the stable tax this council is responsible for. Is your benefit worth the jeopardy that it places this kindergartener under?

Hope to see you there.

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