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Fall River superintendent reports 13 resignations, outlines transportation options including use of public bus routes
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Curley told the Fall River School Committee the district recorded 13 recent resignations and is exploring using public CERTA routes to offset costs as distance-eligibility changes require added yellow-bus runs.
Dr. Curley, superintendent of Fall River Public Schools, told the school committee on June 23 that the district had received 13 resignations since its June 9 meeting and had made six new hires.
That personnel update came alongside a transportation briefing in which Curley said the district is examining several cost-saving options tied to a change in the distance calculation used to determine which students qualify for district transportation. One option would let middle- and other-school students who live near public CERTA bus stops board existing CERTA routes and be dropped off at school, eliminating the need for some new yellow-bus routes.
“...we have some things that we're considering right now,” Curley said, describing candidates for savings and new costs in equal measure. Curley listed several route examples the district is studying: permitting students along…
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