After ABC13 first contacted Fort Bend ISD in August, about a dozen families banded together and spent the last three months organizing and fighting for their children's safety.
"It really involved just a lot of hard work, a lot of letters, a lot of meetings with the transportation department," Chen said.Eyewitness News asked Fort Bend ISD why they decided to reinstate the school bus service and why it took three months. The district responded with the following statement.
The Fort Settlement Middle School route you referenced has a relatively new U-turn included. Upon our re-examination, we found that the required U-turn puts the mileage over two miles, thus qualifying the route for bus service. "We feel like it was only a matter of time before something tragic would have happened on University Boulevard, given the number of accidents," Chen said.
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