Are students in more danger when they have to wait at their school bus stop in the early morning hours?

Budget cuts may have not directly led to the death of an 8-year-old Cincinnati boy, but there is a definite connection between increased safety and school busing.

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's no secret that today's economic pressures on school districts has resulted in increased cuts of school bus routes or all-out elimination of service. With that often come changes to bus rider eligibility and the increase of walk distances either to and from school or to and from the bus stop.