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Parents press DMPS on transportation safety, home-instruction handling and bullying at public forum
Summary
Three public commenters told the school board about gaps in student transportation eligibility, problems with home-instruction reenrollment and concerns about bullying and a recent student suicide; district staff said they would follow up with speakers.
At Tuesday's Des Moines Public Schools board meeting, parents and residents used the public forum to press the district on school-transportation eligibility, home-instruction procedures and bullying prevention.
Adrianna Vander Plume told the board she lives within two miles of her child's school but is ineligible for a bus pass under current policy and described a 30‑minute walk that she said passes unsafe locations near '150 registered offenders' (as cited by the speaker). "This route…
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