The state courts have ruled that students attending any public or private school in
the area served by the public school district are entitled to transportation on the
same basis as provided to the public school students. This has been the case for
more than 40 years, I believe.
Debby
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter C.S. Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Fri 2/7/2003 2:37 PM
To: Town Meeting Members; Framingham Neighbors
Cc:
Subject: Re: Question about plowing the churches.
Backstage Hardware & Theatre Supply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems odd that the town would plow church parking lots which don't pay
> taxes and then make a fuss about picking up trash at apartment complexes
> that are "private" yet the people who live there all pay taxes!
And they can't seem to manage plowing of the train station lot, or the
sidewalks, or even our street, which seems to take days, but they can do
churches? I assume there is a law that requires property owners to clear the
sidewalks on their property, but it's not enforced. Why should the police
enforce that when they don't bother to enforce the speed limit or those
pesky red lights someone put up at intersections?
Alan Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An except from Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section 1:
> "Except as herein provided, pupils who attend approved private schools [...]
> shall not be denied such transportation because their attendance is in a
> school which is conducted under religious auspices
That doesn't make it constitutional. I pay taxes to support the PUBLIC
schools, not religious education. Students in private or religious schools
have the right to use public services, such as the public schools, but their
parents chose not to use them.
peter
