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Parent tells Palm Springs Unified board lack of high‑school bus capacity endangered daughter's participation; district to follow up
Summary
A Cathedral City parent said her daughter lost a bus seat after changing zones and could not secure busing due to capacity; the superintendent said the district will follow up.
A Cathedral City parent, Roxanne Gallegos, told the Palm Springs Unified School Board on Sept. 23 that her daughter lost eligibility for busing when she advanced to high school and the contracted bus company reported the route was at capacity.
Gallegos said she contacted district transportation in June and again after school started. She told the board that students with IEPs, 504 plans and homeschool students have priority for seats and that transfer and out‑of‑zone students can be blocked when buses reach capacity. She said district staff offered two alternative options; she and her daughter were not comfortable with either, and she said she was considering homeschooling her daughter because she could not drive her to school daily.
Superintendent Francis acknowledged the concern and told Gallegos the district would follow up the next day. Board members thanked the parent for bringing the issue forward and asked staff to examine route capacity and priority assignment rules.
Ending: District staff did not present a formal remedy at the meeting but committed to follow up with the parent and report back to the board.
