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School committee tables transportation contract amid member concerns over service levels and background checks
Summary
Committee members debated a proposed transportation contract for district busing, raising concerns about service performance metrics, background‑check procedures and enforcement. Members voted to table the contract for redlining and further legal review.
The Methuen School Committee on Sept. 8 postponed a vote on a proposed transportation contract after members raised multiple concerns about performance standards, enforcement and background checks.
Member Shabelia moved to approve the contract and described parents’ complaints about rude dispatchers and late buses, saying “there’s nothing in this document to guarantee or even put some teeth to them providing I don’t…
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