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3. Public Involvement Summary <br /> On July 8, 2024, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Orange County Transportation Service (OCTS) <br /> conducted a Public Engagement event with all Orange County Public Schools in accordance with <br /> the approved Scope of Work.All the principles,vice-principles, school board staff were invited <br /> to participate in an open discussion on the SRTS Program.The audience provided OCTS staff <br /> important feedback on the program, existing conditions report and potential recommendations to <br /> improve the County's SRTS plan. <br /> Key highlights from the event include: <br /> Students continue to walk and bike along dangerous roads like NC 86 (AL <br /> Stanback Middle and New Hope Elementary), Orange Grove Road (Cedar <br /> Ridge High and Grady Brown Elementary), Richmond Road (Efland Cheeks <br /> Elementary). <br /> Increasing population is resulting in increasing impact on schools, and <br /> subsequent increase in walking and biking to/from schools. <br /> All schools are working on transitioning to Infinite Campus (from Power School) <br /> to help improve messaging to students and parents. <br /> The Existing Conditions report was very helpful and informative to the schools. <br /> The Orange County Safe Routes to School Plan update was also presented to the Orange Unified <br /> Transportation Board (OUTBoard) on August 19, 2024 to gather more feedback.The following <br /> highlights the County's transportation advisory board feedback: <br /> Public school buses are the safest way students can get to/from school, more <br /> should be done to promote them. <br /> The plan should also establish a Safe Routes to School Champion to help <br /> implement the updated program. <br /> Students are one of the most at-risk traveling populations, more should be done <br /> to support them, perhaps through Environmental Justice considerations. <br /> Safe Routes to School <br /> Orange County,North Carolina 77 <br />