Troy Township resident says Penncrest bus routes are unreliable and unsafe; board hears complaint

A Troy Township resident, Abby Tripp, told the Penncrest board on Jan. 12 that recurring transportation problems have left students late, exhausted and sometimes unsafe during pickups and drop‑offs.

"This year has been an absolute disaster with bus transportation," Tripp said, describing late buses, engine failures and routes that required students to stand at the bottom of an unmaintained hill while drivers backed up. She said a driveway‑turnaround issue for her family required repeated calls and ultimately took months to fix despite the family proposing a solution to district staff.

Tripp urged the district to improve routing, adopt realistic scheduling, provide earlier distribution of bus schedules, and increase transparency when problems occur. She told the board that her children missed an entire school day because buses were late on multiple occasions and that lack of timely communication compounded the problem.

The transcript records the resident’s account and the district’s subsequent adjustment of a turnaround after meetings and follow‑up communications; no board action or policy change was recorded during the meeting to resolve districtwide transportation operations.

The board did not announce a formal remedy during the meeting; the complaint was entered into the public comment record and may prompt administrative follow‑up outside the meeting.