Lakewood Busing Update from LSTA Director Avraham Krawiec 9 6 10

hi everybody I'm R crait here from the lsta just giving a update on the happenings via the scoop today we have sent out starting from last night the bus passes to the schools via email some schools have been in touch with their parents about where to pick up the bus passes some people are getting the word out by other means whether it's Robo calls or text we leave that up to the schools but the schools that were routed um have that info and they have been in touch with appearance tomorrow as we start the uh busing process you can expect delays and I'm prepared that there will be mistakes and we are aware of that the you can uh email to the lsta office at info at Lakewood sta.org or you can call the LSA number and we'll be logging you know by Vendor by school and sending it to the vendors at the end of the day as a means of keeping keeping in touch and keeping track of the issues the normal standard beginning of the year issues um we at the lsta and my team we uh accepted the challenge of running this and trying to create a healthier and more efficient bus service or bus concept for the community for for this year and M the next two years and and Beyond and I well understand that this is only going to be done and could be done with the partnership of the MERS and the parents and some of the MERS have really jumped on board whether it's combining Roots which I'm heard I'm sure you heard about some have shifted their arrival times in the morning to create more Roots some of the some of the the schools that have their own bus companies had given up their spot in the bidding to a later date so their kids could start on time and as well um a lot of the parents have been in touch with me and sent you know nice regards or words of encouragement and really it's not me it's a team effort in trying to create the system the busing system of old For Better or For Worse is no longer an option it wasn't an option after the budget cuts of the 7,000 kids who were being the non-mandated who were being um who whose whose buses were busing um subsidies were slashed and um I think over the next couple of days as we slowly roll out the um the the buses and the TR traffic and all the frustrations we'll see a little taste of what it would have looked like and uh we hope that um in a week from now things will be calm and things will be running to the best of our abilities I understand that there will be mistakes in some of the routes I understand that some buses may not show up I understand um all these things and we're asking that you the parents you continue to be patient with us as we work for you and with you in figuring this out and getting this massive transition from the Boe to a entity 30,000 kids plus ble Hara in a matter of a couple of weeks so in closing I will continue to update and get the word out and be transparent with everybody so that you as my partners and my sh in this um know what's going on and um that's it for now have a good day and uh we'll leave updates as they come in