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Alexandria explores using DASH buses for high school students as joint city‑school review continues
Summary
Alexandria council members described an ongoing review by a joint City‑Schools committee of whether high school students could rely more on DASH public buses instead of yellow school buses, focusing on safety, operations and potential cost savings; no decision has been made and community engagement will follow.
City and school officials are continuing to study whether high school students should ride Alexandria’s DASH public buses instead of traditional yellow school buses, part of a joint City‑Schools committee review that council members said is intended to examine safety, operations and potential cost savings.
The question — raised from a card submitted to the town hall — prompted Vice Mayor Bagley to point attendees to recorded presentations to the joint committee that addressed safety and ridership. “There are already youth riding our DASH buses,” she said, adding that the committee would next examine “operations and cost.”
Council members repeatedly framed the discussion as exploratory. “What we are…
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