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Parents press for earlier after-school buses and weighted pre-IB credit; FOIA requester objects to fees

Suffolk City School Board · November 14, 2025
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Summary

During public comment at the Nov. 13 meeting, a parent urged earlier and more flexible after-school buses and asked the board to reconsider weighting a transferred pre-IB geometry course; a local resident criticized the district's FOIA fees as punitive and requested records be delivered promptly.

Several members of the public addressed the board during the Nov. 13 public-comment period on two routine-but-substantive topics.

Marquita Goodhope Colbert, a parent, said her son participates in non-athletic extracurricular activities but cannot remain on campus until the late bus arrives at 6 p.m. She asked the board to "consider funding an earlier and a later after school…

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