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Superintendent: gas-card program filled most requests; public-transit cards and bus routing increase attendance
Summary
Superintendent reported Jan. 9 that the district has distributed gas cards to families, supplied most CATA passes and routed the majority of requested Dean yellow-bus trips; officials said the supports have helped attendance, and winter NWA test results will be shared in February.
Superintendent-level staff on Jan. 9 told the Lansing Public School District board that transportation support programs intended to get students to school — gas cards, CATA passes and Dean yellow-bus routing — have reached most families who requested assistance and appear to be boosting attendance.
The superintendent said 2,422 families requested and received gas cards; 608 CATA passes were requested and 583 had been issued; and 3,585 students requested Dean yellow-bus service, of whom 3,371 had been…
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