BOE State Monitor Announces Coed Busing for 2015 2016

Could uh in the correspondence could uh Mike comment on the latest developments um when it comes to Chris Rosing? Over the last month or so, um there was a negotiations were going on with particular members of the community including municipal officials, Rabbi Kler, senior citizens group, and we were under believing that um the committee was speaking for the nonpublic school community. We also cuss cockabus our transportation consultant and I invited all the nonpublic school administrators to come to two different town halls workshops to discuss the issue of courtesy busing both meetings were likely attended. We were under the belief that we had come to some arrangement and the state in order to eliminate the second question for courtesy busing of $2.5 million, the state was going to advance the district $500,000 and postpone $1.1 million of refunds that the district owes the state and the community had committed uh to provide financial support in order to provide districtwide courtesy busing without a separate [Music] question. Unfortunately, last week we got a text message or an email from someone who speaks for the school leaders of the nonpublic schools telling us that the deal was off. There was there was going to be no tiering and in fact it was highly likely that the districts who piloted tearing this year we're going to go back to their old schedules. What that means is the district will now only provide mandated busing. There will be no courtesy busing and that affects both public and non-public schools. If we hear enough interest, a separate question for courtesy busing could go out, but it would be for $6 million. Okay. Right now, to ensure that we do everything that we have within our authority to do to save money and to do mandated busing as efficiently as possible. Um, we are going to one. There will only be one drop off and one pick up. There will no be no longer be any multiple dismissals. They were courtesies. They were not mandated by law. We will be using the same buses to service multiple schools and co-mingle students from separate schools. Having only certain students from a particular school ride on a bus was a courtesy that will no longer be provided. And that is where we are as of today. Uh can you just go when you say commando schools you mean uh boys girl schools included in that statement? Yes coingling which if it's feasible and it produces a cost saving it will be done.