The family of a 6-year-old south suburban girl who was struck and killed by a school bus in September has filed a lawsuit against two school districts, alleging the tragedy was preventable and the districts ignored safety concerns raised by the girl's mother.

Jenna Menias was killed on Sept. 8 after being struck by a school bus driver on the block where her family resides. The bus involved in the crash was a Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 bus carrying Frankfort School District 157-C students, a spokesperson for Lincoln-Way schools previously said.

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According to the lawsuit, the bus stop location required Jenna to be dropped off alone across the street from her home without sidewalks or a marked crosswalk. Jenna's mother allegedly raised repeated concerns about the bus stop's location, and her requests were denied prior to Jenna's death and in a similar request involving her brother years earlier.

Attorneys said video from the bus shows Jenna was visible in front of the bus when a substitute driver drove forward and struck her. The driver, who is alleged to have been unfamiliar with the route and had recently obtained his school bus license, allegedly failed to use his mirrors or look through the windshield and was looking down at a piece of paper while operating the bus.

 Districts 210 and 157-C had every opportunity to prevent this unimaginable tragedy from happening to Jenna and they failed her and the Menias family at every turn,  Corboy   Demetrio Partner Daniel S. Kirschner, who represents the Menias family, said.  As this complaint explains, safeguard, upon safeguard, upon safeguard were consciously disregarded not just in real time by the driver, but by two school districts charged with the responsibility of putting the safety of this child first. 

The attorney said that just hours before Jenna was killed, an internal email with the subject line  Challenging Afternoon  was written by District 210's Director of Transportation, explaining that they have had a lot of late call-offs from drivers a

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