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School committee adds language for school transportation drivers and pauses private‑vehicle policy changes

5788512 · August 28, 2025
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Summary

Committee amended the student transportation policy to restrict indoor waiting area language to school transportation drivers and tabled broader changes about private vehicles and 1‑to‑1 adult/child transport pending legal review and MASC guidance; MASC‑recommended CORI language for non‑employee drivers remained under review.

The Beverly Public Schools School Committee voted Aug. 27 to amend a transportation policy to specify that indoor waiting areas are available to school transportation drivers, and to leave other proposed changes for further review. The committee approved a friendly amendment to add the phrase "school transportation drivers" to a provision about drivers who arrive early and need to wait indoors; the motion passed 6–0. Committee members also discussed proposed language from the finance and facilities subcommittee that would require Criminal Offender Record…

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