The new school year starts unusually early in CPS, which typically begins school the day after Labor Day.
. The district vowed this year to tackle the problem earlier, but there’s indication that some students face very long routes.
The district said it is prioritizing diverse learner students whose education plans require transportation and homeless students.$500 monthly stipends to families of diverse learners to find alternate transportation and free Chicago Transit Authority passes to general education students and one accompanying adult if they are not routed. It’s unclear how many students have accepted these proposals.
Four hundred school bus driver positions remain vacant, CPS said, adding that it has been working with vendors to increase wages to at least $20 an hour.
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