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Public speakers press board on late buses, development impacts on school capacity and public comment rules
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 13 meeting residents raised persistent bus lateness and staffing concerns on specific routes, alleged city noncompliance with the Unified Development Ordinance affecting school capacity, and challenged the board's preregistration form for public remarks as chilling free speech.
Multiple community members used the Feb. 13 public comment period to raise operational and policy concerns with the Suffolk City School Board.
Dawn Matthews, a parent of students at Southwestern Elementary, told the board her children’s bus (Route 5) has been regularly late and said she has tracked the dates in emails to the superintendent. Matthews said transportation staff have cited driver FMLA absences and that a newly hired driver was announced Feb. 10, but she asked the board to investigate continued tardiness because many…
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