As the news coverage notes:Durham School Services, transportation provider for Roanoke City Schools, has increased its sign-on bus for qualified drivers to $2,500. Offer is good to 10/18/19. To apply: https://t.co/mkfVnNlRC0 pic.twitter.com/GVBuhEu4OW— Roanoke City Schools (@RoanokeSchools) October 3, 2019
The transportation company's debut in Roanoke has been rocky, including late pickups, late drop-offs, personnel changes, and a slew of parent and driver complaints.
Meanwhile, this week in Cumberland, Rhode Island:
The latest chapter in the never-ending saga over whether Durham School Services will ever be able to properly deliver Cumberland students to school and home again left school officials shaking their heads.As would I.
School Committee members expressed consternation last Thursday, Sept. 26, after Supt. Bob Mitchell shared that preschool students who were dropped off for a visit to Adams Farm earlier that day, and were supposed to be picked up at a specific time, were left at the farm for significantly longer than they were supposed to be.
Member Ray Salvatore said he’s not one to nitpick over individual issues, but “this one’s really concerning.”
... As Durham representatives again blamed ongoing issues with staffing shortages and other issues, school board members tore into them, saying they’re tired of the same excuses being offered year after year.
Certainly there are some staffing issues and other matters of concern, said Mitchell, but he would also argue “that organizationally there are some issues as well.”
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