School start and end times have changes, from 5 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes.
“Is the district concerned about traffic being worse around these schools that are getting out later?” Sheldon asked Puyallup School District spokesperson Sarah Gillispie.
“Absolutely. So, we are reviewing the possibility of possibly telling parents to wait a number of minutes after the buses are able to load and pick up students and get started on their routes. And then families can come in and pick up students because it absolutely leads to that congestion in the area,” said Gillispie.
Gillispie says once school starts, they’ll figure out if this step is needed at certain schools. She says the district now has ten fewer bus routes and enough drivers to handle them. But what if a bunch of them get sick? Well, they’re considering something similar to a snow route model. “So, parents know what their secondary bus location could be in instances like that, that information is still being reviewed. In fact, it will be presented to our school board later in the month of September,” said Gillsipie.
But right now, all the focus is on Wednesday and that early alarm getting the kids to the bus on time.Sheldon asked the district how it knows this plan will work, how it actually uses fewer drivers and how will save money.She’ll have that part of the story starting at 5 p.m.
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