Whos of Who-cester

  I did promise you an actual WPS Transportation post; here it is! Note that a transportation update is part of this week's Finance an...

So what happened at last night's Worcester School Committee meeting?  For those for whom the sound didn't work until a bit of a way ...

I feel as if I am back in the days when I started this blog, when there'd be the single article about the School Committee meeting, and ...

 And the agenda is here .  posting as we go once it starts Foley: FY21, how did we fare relative to the budget, and how much did we give bac...

 There are two Worcester Public Schools meetings this week: On Tuesday , there is a back to school forum at 6 pm . Please note that you can ...

 I think I've probably missed a couple of chapters of updates here on the blog, but, as we had a fairly lengthy discussion Thursday nigh...

And the agenda is here . Note the substantial executive session, and you can read the Joint Statement from t he EAW and WPS admin over here ...

I mean, I always tell you to go watch the budget presentation , literally. It starts about 15 minutes in. There was some updating of minut...

A part of the ongoing "is this happening/is it just us or is this actually a larger management issue?" check in on Durham Bus Serv...

And the agenda and backups are here. The big thing, to preview, is the second quarter report, which gives some perspective on where the bu...

Good article from Scott O'Connell this morning, but just to be clear on the School Committee items coming from the discussion: Mr. Fo...

The agenda is here. I'll update as I am able There's a number of petitions coming in from Mr. Davis, which are here . Important ...

You might remember that back in September, Charleston, SC was among the districts I cited that has been having ongoing issues with Durham B...

As we're into our first deep freeze, when waiting for a late bus becomes downright dangerous, Framingham is taking the ongoing issues wi...

In the ongoing saga of a district that also has Durham busing and associated issues, but the school board cares... The headline on today...

Roanoke City Schools in Virginia, which you may remember has just started a contract with Durham School Services this school year without g...

The "saga"as the local press is calling it in Roanoke, Virginia--who have just started using Durham--around busing continues. Durh...

...has just bumped their driver sign-on bonus to $2500: Durham School Services, transportation provider for Roanoke City Schools, has i...

Update from Texas : “It was Durham School Services and they managed our routes and the employees. The bus drivers were all their employees...

When I testified at last Monday's Worcester subcommittee meeting on the proposed renewal of the Durham bus contract, I referenced a numb...