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Parents decry long elementary bus rides; board ratifies purchase of three passenger vans
Summary
A parent said some elementary children are spending about 90 minutes on buses; the board ratified purchase of three passenger vans and discussed driver shortages and potential bus-tracking technology.
A parent and other speakers told the Wissahickon School District board on Aug. 26 that some elementary students are spending an excessive amount of time on afternoon bus rides, and transportation staff described steps under way to ease routing problems.
Joseph Canefic, a parent from Plymouth Township, told the board his 6- and 7-year-old children were on a bus for about 75'90 minutes in the afternoon traveling roughly seven miles from their parochial school to the designated stop. "That is nearly 90 minutes of time on the bus for my 6 and 7 year old…
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