The ftoneo\fe Falls Times

The ftoneo\fe Falls Times
VOLUME 104 NUMBER 46
\0 ONTARIO ST.
SERVING MENDON. RUSH AND \!VEST BLOOMFIELD
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HONEOYE FALLS, N.Y.
$11.00 a Year
Till! HSl)A \', NOV. la, 191\6
624·1272
PT A Executive Board
School Bus Regulations Are Topic of Meeting
Paul Smith. Director of
Transportation
for
the
Honeoye Falls-Limn School
District, was the guest
speaker at tho Nov. 5
meeting of the Honeoye
Falls-Lima PTA Executive
Board. Mr. Smith noted thnt
the district currontly tmnsports some 1825 students to
and from areo schools using
25 large buses nnd three
smaller
vehicles.
The
averaga bus trip hos increased by approximntely
20 miles in the past ten years
in keeping with the growth of
new housing developmonts
throughout
the
district.
However, evory ntlompt is
mode to keep bus routos to
45 minutes. Tho district
transports students to 1:J
privnte schoob within the
mnndntus of federnl Inw.
Every bus must curry 11 full
cnpncity lond (GO studonts)
£It 90me time during tho dny
in ordor for tho district to
receive its full shoro of stnte
oid. Although bUS{lS oro
designed to fit throll pllrsons
to u sont, it is difficult to sit
threo udult-sizll porsons
togo thor . This nlllllns thll t
High School bURos lit full
cnpncity will usunlly indutitl
90mo studlllltS stllllding.
Twolvil
stllndons
IIrn
nllowud hy Illw. Mtllr Illn. I.
nil IlOW sdllllli !lusns sulll in
thn stlltn of Nnw Yllrk will
havu throo 91111t hults por
~!l!nt dllsi!<nml so thut thu
middle bolt cnnnot huc~l(1
thll outor two. Nllw bU~(lg
will IIlso hllVIl incfllllHlId
pllddin!/, nffllctivoly cuttiu)!
The RA II Sails Again at HF-L
Sailing a paper boat
through high seas may not be
your cup of tea, but it was
certainly
topic
for
discussion for the students
of the Honeoye Falls-Lima
Middle School on Oct. 2B.
Norman Baker, second-in
command on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra I and II expeditions, was in town as
part of the Encounters in Excellence Program.
Thor HeyerdaW is a Norwegian scientist nnd ex-
plorer with a disposition for
sailing uncommon vesBolg
against opposition to provo II
point rogarding the possiblo
origins of nncient peoploH.
His best known voynge, tho
Kun-Tiki, wns modo in 1947
when he Bniled from Poru to
Polynosin on 0 balso wood
raft. He proved his point
thnt similnritios uotweon thn
South Pacific Islnndors and
South Americnn Indions
might not be coincidentlll.
Until his trip. it wns nssumod
thnl tho Polynosilll! Islond!1
woro populutod by Asillns
dospito tho fnet thnt such II
trip would bo Illlninst tho
wostwnrd
CUffunt
lind
provnilinR wimls.
Tho Ru oxpoditions wurn
modo 10 provo II Himilllf
point
thut
Contral
Amoriclln Indiull uncuslilrH
may huvo oriRinn\od in
Egypt. Similnritius botw(lon
tho two culturns ubound.
Both hnd pyrnmids, picturo
Continul~t on Page :1
Norman Baker (rlghl) with HF-L MIddle School ariliudenll, ((rom I.rt 10 right) Krlltlna Garling. Kolle
MIller, Lynda Arnold, Kelly Harvey, Celeste BleUdJ. Natban d. la Ronda and Ihelr r.pUce of lb. Ra II.
Mr. Baker ""rved 85 lI6cond·ln<ommand to Tbor lIoyardahl on a slmllar boat made of papyrut r •• d.
salling from Morocco to Barbad~ In 1970.
thu
pick·up
~1L1gt
rt1(llltl~ltod.
~lhl1\Vlld a
sOllting Ctll1lpllrtllWIlt.
Htiministrlltors lind
School B(1l1n!~ Iw"o 'l~rt1t1d
thnt tllllSllllllW nlquit-!lIl11il1t~
willl1lllko it IlHlrll difficult to
HCClimmodnlo
II
cnptu:ilv
IOlld of high ~rlllll1l studont~.
\\'IHltllllf llr nut thn district
will ruquirtl ~tudl1l1tN 10 usn
thn NOHI holts lind how surh
1I rnquirollH1nt would bo IllI·
forcod (bu~ llIonitors; SOlltbolt chll(:k~l. n.Il.) will bo
doturminod hy tho ~cho()1
bOllnl in II public !wllrill,ll to
tHl hold IlIlur in tho YOllr.
Should tho district roquifll
tho usn of ~ullth!llts, lind
Htudontn guttin,ll on thu bllH
urI! duly romlndod of tlll!
rtJ!<ullltfon,
thn dilltrict
would not bl! hold liablu ill
CIlHIl of Ull accidllnt In which
n child not wOllring II !lOllt
bolt Willi injurod. llowuvllr,
in lIuch n »ltlllltion, tho
district would IlIJ !wid Iillh\n
in lin IIcddont in which II
child wUllrinH II HUllt IHllt
WII~I injurod. Thu pOlisihility
of rotrofittin,ll busns !nllwnr
than 1977) will IIlso ho
dutorrnitwd in II public
lWilrin,ll. Thn CllSt of rotrll'
fitting II bUH with Hlllltblllts iH
nHtimlltud lit $2{)OO. Thn lid·
ditionlll cosl til ihll Bill'.' bUH
pri!:11 dUll to HllntlmltH lIud
ndditiollnl
pnddinf(
iH
o~limntllrlllt blllwlIllll $1500
lind $2700 dllp!IlHlinR IlI\ tho
rnnllufllcturor. Thl! d!'ltrict
HlIpplior hUH incliCllttJd thnt
nllw lllm CURt!! to till) district
con bu oxpoctud to ill!:rllll~11I
hySIOOO pllr bUB. Tho
district buys two to thrill}
nllw lJUHIlS pllr yllilr. Mr.
Smith /llslJ pointml out Ihllt
dospito
pro.sllatbolt
statistic!!. BU pnrcllnt of
flltnlitio!l involvin!l !lehool
busus occur (Jutsidn thn bUH.
110
cummontlld,
"What
rfJlIlly fl!l!lrHvnllJ9 mo !nbout
thn HOlltholt iHBuo) if! thnt
wo'ro !ltillllJtting 12 !!tudontB
stand up."
Sovernl groups of pflrllntR
woro prO!lOnt fit tho lIlfluting
to furthor pursulJ thll
reosoning bohind thn lid.
ministrotion's
percoiv(](l
unwillingness to chnngo
locutions
1\11',
whon
Smith
copy of tho
prlllH1Hl'd fllrm tll IHI usod for
chull)!t1
trnll!lportntioll
I'llqUtl!it!l. Tho fOl'!lt Itllow!I
PlIl'llllttl to pl'ovititl tho
di!ltrit:! with ~Ipocifit: illforIIIlllioll (illdlldillf( t!lIIP~ll
rl1~llrdill~ chtlll,lll1!1 ill pick'lIp
I1r dro\Hlff Hito~l. It IIhu !livu!!
infllrllllltillll rtl~lIrdin,ll tho
IIppml1H
p1'Ol:t19~1.
Tho
lip-
ponls Jlr(lCt1'I~ worb up
from tho dirllc:tllf of tr/IIlHportlltioll
thrt1\IHh
tho
HU\lIlrlntondllllt III thtl Adllllli
honrd. It iH intnrll!ltinll to
HotO. howl)vor, thllt tho form
Hpncificlllly HtatO!t thnt tho
htHtrd will look to tho HuporIntundont !lut! dlroctor of
trllllNportlltioll to dutormlnu
if it rnqlHlHt fIl!(uinw 8(luc:iul
twntmunt.
This iN oxaetly tho typo of
clltch-22 thnt IIlIlIIY pltrontli
hllVIl folt thomsolvo!l cllu!<ht
in wlllln thoy npprollch tho
bllllrd rll!lllrdin,ll trlllHlJlortntion Hltn dlnll!<o rtH)UtHlttl.
Ail of tho \lIlrl1ntu prllHllllt lit
thn Nov. :; rn()ntin~ I1X·
prmlHl1(1
fruHtrlltioll
ill
dlllllin)!
with
tho
ndmilli!ltrnlion und tho bonrd
1'I1~lIrdln,ll HIlCh rOi\IlO!ltH. Aer:ordillll to OliO. "I dnn't thlllK
Iho form i~; lIoin)! 10 mllkll II
hit of difforllnco. 1 think
wl\'rlJ Roing to Hot tho \11111111
typn 1,[ (nll)!lltivllj rWlporwo
Ifrolll tho udminiHtrntion)."
Muny of tho othor!l Ilehoo(\
hi!1 foolin)!!!.
Dr. lummi Fronek. Sllpnrintondont of thn Ilonooyo
FllflH·Limu SchlJol fliHtricl.
f'IIHpondod to tho pllront!!
frtl!ltrntionH pilintillll out
tllli! cllrnmunitillH !Iimply
Wllron't dll!li!lnud for IIchool
trnn!lportiltillll rllutllH. 110
notuc! thllt. "Wn nc:commodutll morll than yOIl rniHht
think,"
!I[JuC\ficuliy
indicllting
thll
diutric:t'H
willin!lIHl~I!l to pld up lind
drup off 1J1olllontllry HluiluutH
lit bllbYBlttnr loclltionu. Bu!!
routill!l
roprUHllfltH
II
prolJlolll of conflir:tinR inturoHts in which "WhHt muy
0ll1tinul~1
on PnJ,!c to

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