CYPRESS, Texas – School bus cuts at Cy-Fair ISD are turning the morning and afternoon rush into a major headache for parents. From the mad dash to drop-off, to the scramble at pick-up, you have been sharing your frustrations with KPRC 2.
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On Tuesday, one concerned parent took our ReChelle Turner on a drive to reveal just how challenging her daughter’s walk to school really is.
Brandy Robinson lives at the Highpoint at Cypresswood Apartments on Mandolin Drive. She met up with Turner at 6:25 this morning to show us the route.
Her daughter is 14 years old, and she is a ninth-grade student at Cy Creek High School. She lives about 1.4 miles from the school. Coming out of the apartment, her daughter would have to walk down Cypresswood Road.
“There’s no sidewalks. There are no sidewalks the entire route to the school,” she told Turner.
From there, her daughter would have to walk all the way down to SH 249 looking out for drivers on the feeder road.
“This is a major intersection, so is she supposed to walk through the grass or what have you,” she said.
During the trip, Turner and Robinson spotted several students walking along the feeder road.
“Unfortunately, they have nowhere to go,” she said.
Robinson says the bus cuts are unacceptable for her daughter and other students.
“It is not acceptable, and it is not safe,” she said.
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Robinson says the five-minute drive from her apartment would take her daughter 30 minutes to walk.
“There’s nowhere to even walk over here. Like, what is she walking into traffic at this point,” she said.
What have you been able to get from the district? I know you said you reached out to them. Have they told you anything?
“Pretty much roadblocks,” Robinson said.
You go to work every morning. What other options do you have for your daughter when it comes to getting her to the school?
“I have zero options. You know, I know there’s Uber, but like even with Uber, I do not know if they allow minors to ride in an Uber, you know, by themselves. That is not even safe,” Robinson said.
KPRC 2 reached out to Cy-Fair ISD late Monday morning about Robinson’s situation.
A spokesperson for the district said,
‘The area you have referenced is eligible for transportation to Cypress Creek High School. The Resolution of the Board Regarding Hazardous Traffic Conditions includes all areas within two miles of Cypress Creek, which would require students to cross FM 1960 or SH 249.”
We also shared Robinson’s contact information with the district and she is waiting on a phone call to see if her daughter is eligible for a bus ride.
And so, if the district is not able to get a bus route in that area, what options do you have as a parent?
“She would not be able to go to school here because every day I would have to worry about how she was going to get home, how she’s going to get to school. I just do not have an answer,” she said.