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Tiverton School Committee backs statewide out‑of‑district transportation redistricting resolution
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a resolution supporting legislative changes to statewide transportation regions intended to rebalance route assignments and reimbursements; the resolution does not change Tiverton’s district maps or yield immediate savings for the district.
The Tiverton School Committee unanimously approved a resolution supporting legislative recommendations to redistrict statewide transportation regions.
Committee members said the resolution responds to a legislative commission report and aims to address legacy routing that dates to the 1970s, when tech school assignments and district patterns were different. The presenter said the resolution would help other districts that currently carry long, costly statewide routes; existing students would be grandfathered so the change would not immediately displace students.
A committee member urged colleagues to review the legislative commission hearings and testimony for further context and recommended following presentations by Mario Carino, who provided transportation expertise to the commission. The committee asked Mrs. Giannini to forward the signed resolution to the state senators, representatives and the governor’s office.
The presenter said the resolution would not impact Tiverton’s regional assignment or produce immediate savings for the district, but the committee approved it as support for statewide reforms that could benefit other districts.
