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Parents press Blue Valley board over repeated Durham bus delays; district cites staffing and sub drivers
Summary
A parent described repeated October delays on Bus 29 and urged penalties or refunds from Durham; district operations staff said most routes are meeting on-time metrics but that driver shortages leave 15–17 routes covered by substitutes.
Brett Lochsterman told the Blue Valley Board of Education at its Nov. 10 meeting that his family has endured repeated bus delays on Bus 29 and asked the district to review enforceable penalties in its Durham Transportation contract and consider refunding parents who pay for unreliable service.
"This complete lack of service leaves our family deciding if we leave 1 child at home asleep to get the other to school on time," Lochsterman said, detailing multiple October messages reporting delays of 10 to 45 minutes and several instances when Bus 29 had no driver.
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