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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Oct 2003, p. 6

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She wanted to prove that By Anorea Bamey Chronicle Staff _ A6 2.71 Quattro, Ming Blue/Beige Leather, Auto, Premium Pack, Cold Weather Pack, STK#A64498 AG6"4.2 Quattro, Bla nmremm Pack, Cold Weather Pack, Sport Pack, Re c, 545 TT Coupe Quattro, Dolomite Grey/Grey Leather, 6â€"speed, 225HP, Premium Pack, Audio Pack, 17" Alloy Wheels, STK#AT6358 A4 3.0 Quattro Ava vOjLefitanon Wagon, Auto, Premium Pack, Cold 9 oy Wheels, STK#A43226 allroad Quattro, DEMO, Cobalt Blue/Sabre Leather, Auto, Premium Pack, Cold Weather Pack, BOSE Stereo, Rear Airbags, STK#AA6349 894â€"9300 her home is beyond the 1.6â€" km. boundary limit the Waterloo Region District school board uses to deterâ€" mine who is eligible to be bussed to and from school. The effort was successâ€" ful, as the technician conâ€" firmed Forster‘s home is 1.606 km. from the school. Since then the school board has agreed to put Vicâ€" toria on the bus as a legitiâ€" mate student. "It took me hiring someâ€" body, but I had to prove that my daughter is eligible," www .crosbvaudi.com Forster said. "And with the help of the technician, I‘ve done just that." _ s Last month, school board staff informed Forster that its computerized sysâ€" "... I feel that they were trying to make an example of us." â€"Kim Forster concerned mother But Forster, who went through a similar dispute with the board last year which resulted in Victoria being put on the bus as a courtesy student for that school year, said other measuring tools, including the board‘s own measuring wheel, showed her home sits at over 1.6â€"km. from the school. tem indicated her home sits at 1.58â€"km. from the school, putting Victoria in walking distance. "I don‘t dispute that the school board has to have boundaries," Forster said. "But I feel that they were trying to make an example out of us." At that time Chris Smith, the school board‘s manager of planning and transportaâ€" tion, said the board was confident the computerized system was measuring accurately. He also said the board no longer considered the measuring wheel to be accurate. "The survey technician confirmed that he thinks we have a good system and it‘s accurate," Smith said. "Measurements are always going to vary, and we‘re talking about some very very fine points here â€" five or six metres. "The bottom line is we said we‘d accept the techniâ€" cian‘s measurement. | wasâ€" n‘t going to challenge it. You can only spend so long on an issue, and she was already on the bus again (as a courtesy student) anyâ€" way." And he still stands by his position, even though the board has relented in Forster‘s case. Smith confirmed Victoâ€" ria is no longer listed as a courtesy student in the board‘s records, and has officially been registered as a legitimate bus student. But Forster is still nervâ€" ous she will have to face the same battle every Septemâ€" ber. The fact she hasn‘t received anything in writing from the board to confirm her daughter‘s change in status is also unsettling Forster said the ordeal has also taken its toll on her daughter "I can‘t do this every year," she said. "Nobody should have to do this." "Try to explain the politi cal (process) to a fiveâ€"year old." she said old," she said "We try to teach our kids not to be prejudiced, yet the school board is saying if you live this far you can‘t have a bus. It‘s just not right."

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