2009.09.13
Sunday's column: Busing logistics require ironing
Bus No. 137 is one of many formerly city-owned school buses that ferries students to Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Raleigh Court.
According to the Roanoke City Public Schools bus schedule, it's supposed to start in Northwest Roanoke at 7:33 a.m. and gather students as it winds through the Villa Heights, Fairland and Melrose/Rugby neighborhoods.
Then it rolls over to the Grandin Court area in Southwest Roanoke and picks up more youngsters before unloading outside Woodrow Wilson at 8:25 a.m., 20 minutes before the school's start time.
It's the bus my sixth-grader, Zach, is supposed to ride.
The term "supposed to" is deliberate in this context.
Because bus No. 137's attendance record so far has been very spotty.
I have been taking notes.
Read the rest of the column here.
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Roanke City is doing all the routing by computers, Baker and Bishop are still in charge, it is a mess,picking up kids for elementary is ridiculous when schools starts @ 7:35
Comment by KAREN MUTTER — September 14, 2009 @ 9:23 am