Safer School Routes Will Take Community Effort

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › January 22, 2008

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Dubuque Community Schools Superintendent John Burgart hit it on the head when he described mixed emotions on getting a grant to pursue safer school routes. The city applied for the same grant last year and didn't get it. This year, after a pedestrian fatality in front of Hempstead High School, the grant came through.

"It's unfortunate it takes a tragedy like what we've experienced to trigger a response," Burgart said.

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Safer School Routes Will Take Community Effort

Indeed. The September death of 15-year-old Lauren Schmidt shook the community. But that it spurred discussion of creating safer school routes is...

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