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Caswell County Schools moves ahead with tiered bus routing; board gives planning consensus for larger schedule changes
Summary
District transportation staff presented a tiered routing proposal to shorten student bus rides, reduce costs and ease driver shortages. The board gave consensus to run limited tiered routes in 2025–26 and directed staff to plan staggered start-time options for 2026–27.
Caswell County Schools presented a tiered routing proposal intended to reduce long morning rides, ease driver shortages and improve operational efficiency, and the school board signaled its consensus to move forward with planning.
The transportation presentation described a two-tier model in which a single bus would perform two runs: first an elementary run (Tier 1) and then a combined middle/high school run (Tier 2), enabled by staggered bell times. The presentation said the model would reduce early pickup times for rural students, make better use of existing buses and drivers, and cut fuel and maintenance costs.
“This model is both unsustainable and is detrimental to everyone that’s involved,” the Caswell transportation presenter said,…
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