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Parent tells board longstanding bus routing problems are making students late
Summary
A parent raised repeated transportation issues — late buses, multiple route changes and empty high-school buses — and asked the board about plans to address routing and vendor decisions; board members offered follow-up and a staff member asked to meet with the parent.
Mike Umford, a parent of two district students, told the Board of Education during public comment that the district's transportation system has been "a mess" in the first days of the school year, with repeated late buses, multiple route changes and inconsistent drivers. "My younger son got 4 different routes and 4 different house drivers when he first got it," he said, and added that some high-school buses run nearly empty while elementary drop-off…
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