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Poquoson parents, students press school board on repeated bus delays and athletics cancellations
Summary
Parents and student athletes described multiple recent transportation failures — including a last‑minute cross country cancellation and long daily route delays — and urged the school division to adopt formal backup plans and operational changes.
Several Poquoson parents and student-athletes told the Poquoson City School Board on Oct. 21 that repeated bus delays and a lack of backup transportation have disrupted after‑school athletics and weekend invitational meets. Public commenters and board members described multiple incidents this fall in which buses were late or unavailable, including a cross country meet canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice and a varsity team that could not run in a sanctioned race because a bus arrived more than an hour late.
Those incidents prompted parents to ask the board for contingency plans, such as pre‑signed permission slips allowing parents to drive athletes when drivers are unavailable, additional training for coaches or volunteers to hold commercial driver’s licenses, and more even distribution of route doubles so the same routes are not repeatedly delayed.
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