On to phase 2: I attend Greenville Tech, which has several campuses. Their main campus is pretty much near town, or more importantly, the bus goes there. But all veterinary classes are at the Northwest Campus, which the bus does not go to. A community college that's not served by the community's public transit. Hmm. That is why my folks were driving an hour to come to Greenville weekly, just to transport me to class, and then an hour back.
So my folks and I just attended a special meeting about this. It was also attended by 3 county council members & Greenville Tech's vice-president & disabilities specialist. This wasn't some regular meeting that my folks & I just sat in on. This meeting was called to hear my story and complaint. County council members! Now we're getting somewhere.
And speaking of getting somewhere, several times during the meeting they called Knox on their cell phones, and I'm like "Hellooo, I'm sitting right in front of you!" OH OH OH, Knox White, the mayor of Greenville. Now we're talking.
And so the long and short of it is that all of the people who were there will meet with the mayor about this... next week!
This isn't just to help me, and not even necessarily just all disabled folks, but to help all kinds of folks who just don't have transportation. It was discussed that this would benefit Furman University's employees, as well as their students, since that campus is fairly near where this bus route would run.
All in all, this was a team effort to get this going. There's my heart-wrenching story which was the impetus, but there's also the fact that dad has put in a ton of effort, one part of which was setting up this meeting with county council members. (Things I Never Foresaw I'd Do, chapter 42)
Some things may be unchangeable... but you never know until you try. You might be surprised what you find out, once you put in the effort.
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