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Parents and daycare owners press Riverhead board over change to busing for state‑licensed childcare
Summary
Multiple parents and daycare owners asked the Riverhead board to reconsider a recent enforcement of busing rules that removes routine bus stops for some state‑licensed childcare programs outside students' school catchment areas.
At the Riverhead Central School District board meeting on Aug. 20, several parents and a daycare owner urged the board to restore or clarify transportation eligibility for children attending state‑licensed childcare programs after a July 16 notice said some stops would no longer be served.
Megan McNish, a parent, told the board she and other families learned the district would no longer provide busing for children at a nearby licensed daycare, Ready, Set, Grow, even though the facility is roughly 0.4 miles from the elementary school and has been served for about 21 years. "We're just asking the Board of Ed to, please, please reconsider or to consider an…
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