A chronic school bus shortage upended the start of class. America needs to treat getting children to school as a collective responsibility.
Yet, as children’s homes and schools got farther apart, the number served by public school transportation systems fell.
Increasingly, it’s parents, not bus drivers, who get behind the wheel for the school commute. That’s true even for short distances. Between 1969 and 2009, the number of children aged between 4 and 15 and living within a mile of school who got there on foot or by bicycle fell from 89 percent to 35 percent,In theory, it makes sense for parents to be responsible for getting kids to school.
But not all parents have work schedules that align with the school day, access to reliable transportation or even a fixed address. Sixty percent of children from low-income families . For kids with additional needs who must attend faraway specialized schools, that transport is crucial.
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