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Dinwiddie transportation director proposes staggered bell times, schedules public input after study finds 15% of buses late
Summary
Transportation staff proposed an hour-staggered schedule between high school and middle school to reduce late buses and improve route utilization; the board requested community meetings and more stakeholder engagement on childcare impacts.
Transportation Director Walters presented an informational report on district bus operations and proposed options to reduce late buses, shorten route times and expand extracurricular trip availability.
Walters said roughly 15% of daily bus routes run late, affecting about 77 secondary students (about 3.5% of secondary enrollment) and about 98 elementary students (about 4.9% of elementary enrollment). He said students on late routes lose an average of about 40 minutes of instructional time per day (about 9.5% of a school day). Walters attributed…
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