A Pennsylvania school district is being sued by a parent and two members of its board of education after the closing of an elementary school and redistricting led to one of the plaintiff's children riding the school bus for "an unreasonable extended period of time" and her two children attending YMCA after school programs at two different schools. According to the complaint, the parent-plaintiff, Mary Beth Ruck, will be burdened "with having to make a longer trip and an additional trip to pick up her children.

“It’s shameful that taxpayer monies and district resources are being diverted in order to defend this frivolous lawsuit,” said Michael Olszewski, school board president for the Moon Area School District.

The complaint also alleges that potential leases between the district and an educational resource center will preclude the district from reestablishing the site as an elementary school for potentially a long time. In addition, the complaint alleges that Moon Academy, a remediation program for middle and high school students, is an “alternative education program for disruptive youth.”
  
In June 2014, the Moon Area Board of Education voted to close Hyde Elementary at the conclusion of the 2014-15 school year due to excess capacity that was created when grade 5 was added to Moon Area Middle School.

—Source:  moonarea.net