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Woodbridge parents say box trucks bought to replace decommissioned band buses lack space; district urges coordination
Summary
At the Sept. 18 Woodbridge Board of Education meeting, band parents pressed district officials after three retired school buses were replaced with box trucks. Parents said the trucks lack capacity for competitions; the superintendent pointed to a communication breakdown and urged band directors to coordinate with transportation and principals.
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Band parents told the Woodbridge Township Board of Education on Sept. 18 that three box trucks the district bought to replace decommissioned school buses will not hold their equipment at competitions and that district communications about the change broke down. The superintendent said administrators have offered the trucks as a practical replacement for aging, unsafe buses and asked band directors and athletic directors to coordinate with transportation to make the vehicles usable.
Parents described tight timelines and insufficient cargo space. Henry Ingram of Fords said comparing a retired bus’s capacity "to a 26 foot box truck that only holds a 192 square feet" means "that space is inadequate completely" if multiple schools compete the same day. Heather Petrie of Iselin, who said she has loaded buses for four years, told the board,…
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