Last night, parents in the Northborough-Southborough School district received a September newsletter from the Superintendent. The message included news on working groups to study/advise on important issues. Read the full article → from School district working groups: Seeking volunteers to advise on Transportation and study K-12 Music; update on Start Times
This morning, new school bus routes were posted for Southborough K-8. The routes will be followed starting, Students were also issued letters informing them of changes. Read the full article → from Newly revised school bus routes to be followed tomorrow morning
I never posted the latest updates on the School Bus situation. (This shouldn’t be new information for parents with kids in the public schools. This is just to get up to speed the other readers who have been following the situation.) Read the full article → from School Bus Update: Revised routes finally to be posted next week
This morning, was a rocky start to the school year for many students waiting endlessly for a bus. This afternoon was apparently even worse. Some students were shifted to other buses. With buses somehow over capacity, kids were sitting on buses that couldn’t leave the school. Parents were complaining about kids apparently stranded and/or missing with late/insufficient communications. Read the full article → from Bus Update: Transportation nightmares, a school apology, and next steps
Earlier today, Superintendent Greg Martineau promised parents that he would be posting updated bus routes by 2:00 pm today. It appears that they kept that promise. But if your device is like mine, you might have been angered by the impression that flagrant errors hadn’t been fixed. Read the full article → from Bus update: Routes updated (really); Access the correct version here
As promised, yesterday afternoon the Northborough-Southborough school system posted the routes for the new school year. Read the full article → from School Bus Update: Routes posted; act on issues now before routes are frozen; GPS app to be piloted
The district is hoping kids can hop on the bus the first day of school without any problems. To that end, they have taken back the reigns on designing routes, but will also engage drivers in the process. Read the full article → from School Bus Update: Improved process, routes to be published August 19th
On the last day of public school, I planned to share some of the media coverage on the outgoing and moving up superintendents. In working on it, I came across more news on the school district worth sharing. Read the full article → from School news: Tuition-free Kindergarten is official, Superintendent transition, school bus update, and district petitions
The administration posted new bus routes and a communication explaining the situation. Read the full article → from New Bus Routes posted (along with explanation of situation)
More than a week into school, issues with Southborough and Northborough’s buses are unresolved. A new (and, lets hope, final) schedule will be posted on Monday. Read the full article → from “Atypical” issues with bus routes; fixes promised by next morning run; look for update on Monday
Last night many the Combined School Committee met in front of a large audience pushing for Algonquin to move it’s start time from 7:20 am to 8:30 am. If any of them hoped for definitive action that night, they were disappointed. Read the full article → from District continues to examine school Start Time
This years school bus routes have been posted.
If you have a child who’ll be riding the Finn-Woodward bus, you may want to take a volunteer monitor shift. Read the full article → from Bus Routes posted; Sign up for Finn-Woodward Bus Monitors
The first two days of school, volunteers monitor the Finn-Woodward bus route. Read the full article → from Bus Routes and Finn-Woodward Bus Monitors
The School Routes for the 2015-16 school year are now available. Read the full article → from Bus Routes: This year’s routes; Ask your questions