Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Lack of Foresight and Planning Leads to Sustained Lateness of Buses

The Association has been receiving feedback from a number of elementary schools that the buses continue to be late. This is an untenable situation for students, parents and teachers. The students are being picked up from school and dropped off at home at variable times resulting in parents not knowing when their children will be home. Teachers are missing important appointments, being late for their own children and paying additional monies to cover childcare expenses. This is all occurring and the inclement weather has not arrived.

The promises from the District that this problem would be remedied in a timely fashion have proven to be empty words. After remaining silent on the issue for the entire month, the District has finally acknowledged that this problem will not be solved during this school year.

The Association is calling upon the Board of Education to investigate the reasons for the continued bus lateness. The Association is also calling on the District to exercise better planning and forethought on things that affect students and parents and all District personnel, including teachers, secretaries, principals, etc.