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l ocal parents concerned about the arbitrary using limits placed on their children are taking their concerns directly to the Minister of Education after getting unanimous support in their fight from the local school board. Kim Forster began the fight to have the busing lim- its rejigged at the Mart of the shhool year when she found oul her daughter Victoria wouldn't be bused to her junior kindergarten class at Lester B. Pearson public school. She was stunned to learn that her home was just two metres short of the l.6-km limit. and that Victoria would have to walk to school despite having the school bus stop right in her driveway to pick up a neigh- bouring child. Although Forster finally got her daughter on a bus, that sparked a bigger fight with the school board to look at the distances it was forcing some children to More parents joined the fight from the new Lester B. Pearson catchment area, complaining about what they called "arbitrary" bus- ing limits. They were bol- stered by a group of com cemed parents from Cedar- brae public school who have been having the same fight over busing limits for the past seven years. While the public board recognized their collective concerns, the parents were told there was nothing the transportation department Westside Trail features audio-visual signage Continued from page 3 throughout the neighbour and over the murw o1 mom hood than L00!) vmrx the burial icy Works gradtrallv dimp- pmn'd, (routing tlilfvrent, srrwd doprvssionx known as Lvnlc' laktw Animals were commonly trapped in the depressions, creating fossils which can still be seen by trail users. The decision to go with the audio concept was later approved by city council, making the signage one of a kind in Waterloo region. Moyer said there may he plans to install more sig- nage as the length of the trail extends toward Wilmot Township. And who better to fear ture on the recording than Morgan. one of the project's masterminds. "He has the perfect voice for it," Meyer said. "Very Sean Connery-like." "We have a lot of plans for this trail," she said. The Westside Trail can he accessed by traveling along Columbia Street, through the Erbsville Road intersec- tion, to Salzburg and Munich Crossing. Signs indicating the start of the trail are posted BY Boa VRBANM t hronicle Matt