A chronological record of notices, meetings, and decisions.
The record begins with the School District letter and HPM resident email.
Scroll the timeline ↓Mars Area School District sent a letter to the Homeowners Association and Adams Township officials about on-street parking, safety, and school bus access on Blackrock Boulevard.
View document →HPM shared the MASD letter with Amherst Village II residents, summarized the access concerns, and said it had begun coordinating with Adams Township and the builders.
View document →A Pennsylvania Right-to-Know request sought the records behind the District’s parking and bus access concerns, including communications, warnings, transportation records, meeting materials, and Policy 810 guidance.
View document →A second request sought Township communications, road ownership and jurisdiction records, parking and traffic studies, and records describing any constraints on accommodating on-street parking.
View document →A third request sought incident reports, calls for service, complaints, school bus safety records, interagency communications, and Police Department guidance concerning parking and traffic conditions.
View document →Mars Area School District said a legal review was required before it could determine whether the requested records were subject to access. The District set May 12, 2026 as the expected date for its final response.
View document →The Police Department denied the first three items under investigative-record exemptions, reported no records for interagency coordination, and granted the policy request with a summary of Pennsylvania parking rules.
View document →The District produced records for request items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9. It reported no responsive records for items 4, 6a, 6b, 8, 10, and 11.
View document →After seeing the first Facebook post reporting that the bus stop would be moved, Chris asked Michelle and HPM whether the HOA had received the two written warnings and three notices described in the April letter, and requested copies.
View email thread →Michelle, an Amherst Village II HOA board member, responded two minutes later that she was unaware of multiple notices and asked whether they might have been sent to HPM without the board being notified.
View email thread →HPM acknowledged the request and said it was in contact with the MASD Director of Transportation and would respond when it had more information.
View email thread →HPM reported that MASD treated prior correspondence between the Association and Adams Township as the written warning. It also said MASD advised that no additional formal notices could be issued because there was no enforceable parking ordinance, and that the bus stop would be moved outside the neighborhood.
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