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Hammond board adopts elementary transportation plan after parents say promised buses never arrived
Summary
After public commenters described students left waiting and dangerous walking routes, interim Superintendent Dr. Brent Wilson asked the board to approve an elementary transportation memorandum targeting hazard zones; the board adopted the plan but community members and educators urged clearer routes, funding detail and more transparency.
The School City of Hammond board voted Jan. 7 to adopt an elementary transportation memorandum that Superintendent Dr. Brent Wilson described as a first-step plan to target hazard zones and expand buses as funding permits.
"What I'm doing is I'm asking for your approval to implement the elementary transportation plan as outlined in the memorandum from Ed Peterson," Dr. Wilson told trustees, adding that the district's long-term goal is to "get that walking…
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