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Great Neck board schedules forum after widespread complaints about new bus routes, parents cite safety and tracking failures
Summary
After weeks of route changes and late or missing buses, Great Neck Public Schools administration and vendor We Transport will host a transportation forum Oct. 16; parents at the meeting described long waits, corner pickups that cross busy roads, lack of tracking and multiple missed stops.
The Great Neck Board of Education and district administrators said they will host a public transportation forum on Oct. 16 after parents and students raised widespread safety and reliability complaints about new bus routes and stop assignments.
District Superintendent Dr. Bossert told the board the administration and vendor We Transport are working to adjust electronic routes and bus stops and to address driver shortages; he invited the public to the Oct. 16 forum so the district can explain ridership counts, fleet numbers and costs and solicit community input on a possible voter referendum to change transportation policy.
Parents and students who spoke during open time described repeated late buses, buses that…
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