1978

In order to conserve resources (i.e.. save money) the local school district institutes a “late bus” policy, in which a single school bus drops a load of children to the their homes at a nearby trailer park, then returns to the school and picks up the “late bus'“ students, then shuttling them out to more remote areas.

The “late bus” students live in an area outside of town which is accessible only via the covered bridge at the very outskirt of the Kleinbauer farm.

This created an inequitable situation where the children who lived furthest from the school district not only had the longest ride home, but they had to wait as long as a half hour after school just to take the bus. As a result, older kids often would catch rides with friends, and parents would pick up kids as often as possible to keep their kids from having to wait.

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