Hurley School approves transportation request

By TOM LAVENTURE

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HURLEY, Wis. — The Hurley Board of Education on Monday approved 5-0 a transportation request for children living outside of the school bus routes.

The Island Lake family lives 18 miles from the nearest school bus stop on County Road C. The family is in a hardship situation with the father working away and the mother expecting a fifth child. The action requires a school district driver and vehicle to transport four children to and from their home to school in Hurley for the school tear at approximate cost of $19,000 to the school district, he...