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10/13/2026

Where are these children supposed to walk?

I took this video Thursday at 6:49 am and I want everyone to pay close attention to what they’re seeing.

See that sidewalk?

Every winter, it disappears beneath the snowbanks. Once that happens, there are no sidewalks or usable shoulders on either side of this road.

Children are left walking in the road, alongside moving traffic, just to reach their centralized bus stops.

And some of these stops are located right in the road, leaving children standing near passing vehicles while they wait for the bus. There is no protection from traffic, no shelter from the elements, and nowhere safe for these children to stand when snowbanks take over the sides of the road.

Now imagine these same conditions at 6:30 am in the morning, before daylight, with snowbanks, snowplows, ice, freezing temperatures, and vehicles traveling in both directions.

But traffic isn’t the only concern.

Every time we require children to walk these roads and wait at centralized stops, we’re also leaving them vulnerable to being approached, followed, or potentially abducted by someone intending to harm them.

That’s a safety concern that cannot simply be ignored.

Here’s what makes this even more frustrating.

The school bus already travels down this very road, passing the homes of children who could be picked up directly at their doors, just as they were before these changes were made.

So what exactly is being accomplished by making children walk in the road to reach a bus stop when the bus is already passing their homes?

This is Lyon Mountain.

These are the actual conditions children are expected to navigate just to get to school.

And winter hasn’t even arrived yet.

But it will be here soon!

🚨 Board Meeting Tonight 🚨Just a reminder that the Northern Adirondack Central School District Board of Education has a m...
10/13/2026

🚨 Board Meeting Tonight 🚨

Just a reminder that the Northern Adirondack Central School District Board of Education has a meeting tonight @ 6pm in the Middle/ High School Auditorium.

Sorry for the late notice! I’ve been sick and completely forgot to post about it.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend tonight, so there won’t be a recording or livestream from me.

If anyone attends and would like to share what was discussed or any important updates afterward, feel free to message the page.

Thank you!

10/07/2026

🚨 Get off the bus and walk it 🚨

Last Friday, October 2, Interim Superintendent Diane Fox rode the elementary bus run through Lyon Mountain.

I’ve been asking district leadership to actually come here and see what these children are dealing with.

Ms. Fox told me she would come out in October, and she kept her word. I’ll absolutely give her credit for that.

But riding the bus isn’t enough.

According to a parent at one of the stops that morning, Ms. Fox was sitting facing toward the driver rather than looking out toward the stops and surrounding areas. But even if she had been looking out the window the entire time, she still wouldn’t experience what these children actually have to navigate to get there.

That morning it was pouring rain. Kids had to walk and stand outside in it. Some families have vehicles their children can wait in.

Not everyone does.

And before someone says “use an umbrella,” I already demonstrated that last year.

Bring an umbrella. You’re still going to get wet. An umbrella doesn’t create a sidewalk, a safe place to walk or shelter while a child waits for the bus.

Then winter comes.

Dark mornings. Snowbanks. Ice. Plows. Traffic. Sidewalks that become inaccessible. Children walking in the roadway because there is nowhere else to walk. Children waiting for the bus in the middle of the road.

That isn’t hypothetical. We watched it happen last winter.

And that’s why I’m sharing this video of Debbie Peters speaking at a Board meeting last year, before she became a Board member. She lives by two bus stops and she worked for this district for 37 years.

Her voice should matter!

Debbie was already talking publicly about the dangers she was seeing involving children in Lyon Mountain.

I’m not putting this on Debbie. One Board member cannot fix this alone.

I’m sharing it because it shows these concerns are not new. Families have been raising them for more than a year.

Diane Fox didn’t create these stops. She inherited them, and I’ve given her grace for that.

But we’re in year two now.

There are other options, and families should not have to spend another winter proving what they’ve already spent more than a year documenting.

Superintendent Fox, you came to Lyon Mountain like you said you would. I give you credit for keeping your word.

Now come back when these children are actually making their way to their stops. Start where they start. Follow the route they have to take.

And when winter gets here, come back when it’s dark, the snowbanks are up and the plows are running.

Get off the bus and walk it.

An update on the Miner Farm Road bus stopI’ve been questioning the Miner Farm Road bus stop because it is located on pri...
09/30/2026

An update on the Miner Farm Road bus stop

I’ve been questioning the Miner Farm Road bus stop because it is located on private property, children are walking and crossing roads to get there, and I have been asking NAC to show who actually authorized the district to use that property as a school bus stop.

Today there was finally some movement.

A parent who has been raising concerns about this stop has been working with Superintendent Fox on a solution.

Ms. Fox looked into it and offered a different arrangement for two of the children.

According to the parent, they can now take an earlier bus that will pick them up essentially the way they were picked up last year.

So basically, NAC Transportation took something that was working, changed it to something that wasn’t working for these families, and now the solution is to go back to what was working.

I’m glad Superintendent Fox looked into it and made that change.

I’ll give credit where it’s due.

But that only fixes the problem for two kids.

The Miner Farm Road stop is still there. The parent tells me two other students are still using it. One walks from Forge Street, and another comes from Devils Den Road and has to cross Devils Den Road and Miner Farm Road to reach the stop.

And we still don’t know who gave NAC permission to use that private property.

I’m including the county property record with this post for a reason. If the district has permission from someone legally authorized to give it, show us. That would answer the question.

And Miner Farm isn’t the only private-property stop I’m questioning.

In Lyon Mountain, part of the Post Office property is again being used for a bus stop.

That property is privately owned too, and the property owner contacted the district last year and told them they did not have permission to use it for the bus stop.

I’m including that county property record as well.

So yes, I’m happy two children at Miner Farm are getting a better arrangement. But fixing things two children at a time while leaving the actual stops in place doesn’t settle the issue.

Who authorized the Miner Farm stop?

And why is NAC using part of the Lyon Mountain Post Office property after the owner told the district not to?

Those are pretty simple questions.

And they deserve clear answers.

09/29/2026

Let me clear something up because some of these comments are getting ridiculous, and people are arguing about everything except what actually happened.

This has nothing to do with whether I personally like Cory McCasland. I don’t. That’s no secret. But I don’t like plenty of people and I can still be civil with them. If Transportation was doing what it was supposed to do, you wouldn’t hear me complaining about it.

We had this same nursing transportation problem last year. I was actually the one who suggested using one of the district nurses as a backup when my son’s regular transportation nurse wasn’t available. NAC did it, and it worked.

So why are we a year later with no reliable backup plan?

And stop telling me I should have just dropped everything and driven my son to school.

I was notified at 6:52 am. His bus is normally here around 7:05 am. The school is more than 13 minutes from my house, and the bus has other children to pick up along the way. The bus had already left the district without a nurse.

That is exactly why I want to know when NAC actually learned the nurse was unavailable.

I am not blaming the nurse. He’s great. No complaints.

People get sick. People have emergencies. People call out. That is why organizations have backup plans.

I also have responsibilities and plans during the day. Thirteen minutes notice is not reasonable notice to suddenly rearrange an entire day and provide transportation myself, especially when this exact staffing problem happened last year and NAC already used a backup solution that worked.

That is the issue. It has been the issue from the beginning.

And as for the nonsense about me “hiding behind a parent-run page,” please.

My name has been public from the beginning. I’ve been on the news. I’ve been in the newspaper. I’ve stood at Board meetings and spoken publicly on video with my name attached to it. My name is on my emails, complaints and public records requests. There are entire pages on Facebook talking about me by name.

If you somehow still don’t know who runs this page, you didn’t bother doing your due diligence. That’s not my problem.

And this page isn’t here just to complain about NAC.

If the district does something right, I’m more than happy to say that too. I would love to have more good things to post about.

People bring concerns to me, I raise concerns of my own, and the goal is to get answers and get things fixed instead of watching the same problems get swept under the rug.

Honestly, I’d love to get to a point where this page isn’t even needed anymore.

That would mean problems are actually being addressed and parents feel heard without having to bring everything to Facebook.

Until then, I’m going to keep asking questions, sharing what’s happening and giving credit where credit is due.

Different opinions are welcome.

Disrespect is not.

If you come here just to insult me, criticize my parenting or tell me to shut up, you’ll be blocked. It’s my page. You are not entitled to stay here while being disrespectful.

And if you’re sick of seeing the page, there’s a really easy solution:

Block it.

You don’t even have to tell me first.

I would love nothing more than to have nothing left to call out.

Until that day comes, I’ll keep asking questions, posting the receipts, praising what deserves to be praised and calling attention to what needs to change.

If that bothers you more than the problems themselves, this probably isn’t the page for you.

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