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Marysville parent raises gap in bus routing after district delays alternate-address reviews
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A Marysville parent told the Board of Education on July 17 that the district’s process for reviewing alternate-address transportation forms will not be completed until the second week of September, potentially leaving families without the planned morning pickup for up to four weeks after school begins.
A Marysville parent told the Board of Education on July 17 that the district’s process for reviewing alternate-address transportation forms will not be completed until the second week of September, potentially leaving families without the planned morning pickup for up to four weeks after school begins.
The comment came during public participation when Nora Garris of 20964 Bear Swamp Road told the board she and her husband both work full time and had arranged for their children to board a sitter’s bus in the mornings. “But today, I received an email from transportation that said those forms will not be reviewed until the second week in September, which is 4 weeks into the school year,” Garris said. “So I'm kind of at a loss as to what my children are supposed to do in the morning… I just kind of was speechless.”
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