The Kawartha-Pine Ridge School board has once again defeated a motion to bring walking distances in line with the Catholic board..
There was a lot of debate at last night’s board meeting as trustees considered the 355-thousand-dollar annual extra busing cost..
The public board has a walking distance policy of 1.6 kilometres for Grades 1 to 3, but that would have changed to one kilometre if the motion had passed.
Trustee Angela Lloyd, who voted against the change, said youth obesity and juvenile diabetes have increased and physical activity is a priority at the schools..
