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Parent alleges unsafe buses and says district returned nearly $9 million in EPA funds; requests board follow-up
Summary
A parent told the board she counted at least 13 bus windows that would not close during a Nov. 8 trip and accused district leadership of returning roughly $9,000,000 in EPA funding for electric-bus upgrades; she asked board members to ride district buses and sought follow-up from district leadership.
During public comment at the Nov. 18 meeting, Dr. Bridal Keyes, a Beloit resident and parent, urged the board to address what she described as unsafe and cold bus conditions and questioned a district decision to decline federal EPA funds earmarked for bus fleet upgrades.
In prepared remarks, she recounted a Nov. 8 trip to a Girls on the Run event where, she said, parents and students boarded buses in temperatures near 39 degrees and then discovered multiple…
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