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Methuen committee holds firm on walker/rider distances and tightens bus-safety language
Summary
During the Nov. 18 policy review the Methuen School Committee retained distance guidelines for walkers and riders, discussed expanding bus safety instruction definitions and agreed to move background-check accountability to the superintendent or designee rather than the committee. The group also reaffirmed a blanket prohibition on private-vehicle transport for extracurriculars.
The Methuen School Committee devoted substantial discussion on Nov. 18 to transportation and bus-safety policies, ultimately retaining student-distance language for walkers and riders and clarifying oversight of driver background checks.
Members said that despite a bid to minimize routes as a cost-savings measure, many neighborhood roads lack sidewalks and students who live within a mile still require bus service for safety reasons. Speaker 3 summarized the subcommittee’s…
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