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Board approves tiered bell schedule to add about 20 bus drivers and cover routes

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The board approved changes to school start and stop times to implement a tiered bus schedule. Officials said the move will allow the district to cover more routes, provide benefits to more drivers, and reduce informal transportation reliance.

Wayne County Board of Education members voted on March 3 to move to a tiered bell schedule that shifts some middle- and high-school start and stop times to enable more efficient bus routing and to add capacity to cover routes.

Superintendent Richard Witcher said transportation staff modeled several options and determined that adjusting middle-school start times by about 15 minutes and changing…

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