“It’s really not feasible not to have busing. The kids have to cross a lot of highways and dangerous streets,” the head of the teachers' union said.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2024, 6:07 p.m.Protesters rally against courtesy busing cuts outside the Board of Education building in Perth Amboy on Sept. 25, 2024.Parents in one of Middlesex County’s largest school districts are objecting after administrators eliminated bus service for students living closest to its schools., the largest school construction project ever funded by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.” in the district.
“It’s really not feasible not to have busing. The kids have to cross a lot of highways and dangerous streets,” Pat Paradiso, president of the Perth Amboy Federation teachers’ union, told NJ Advance Media on Thursday.The Victory Bridge at the new Perth Amboy High School in Perth Amboy the opened in August.Perth Amboy is the latest New Jersey school district to respond to budget problems by reducing or eliminating courtesy busing.
However, some districts provide free courtesy busing funded by the school district for students who live closer. Other districts opt for a paid subscription model in which families pay a fee for courtesy busing. The prices vary by school district.in Monmouth County was among those that recently busing cuts. The district cited rising enrollment when it announced it would eliminate paid subscription busing for students not eligible for free transportation for the 2024-25 school year and beyond.
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