{"id":13895,"date":"2025-11-18T14:55:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&p=13895"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:57:05","slug":"nyc-parents-still-struggle-with-school-bus-service-as-contract-extension-goes-up-for-vote","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/bn\/articles\/nyc-parents-still-struggle-with-school-bus-service-as-contract-extension-goes-up-for-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC parents still struggle with school bus service as contract extension goes up for vote"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13895","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","misc_topic-transportation"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"page","page":{"title":"\u09a8\u09bf\u09ac\u09a8\u09cd\u09a7\u099f\u09bf \u09aa\u09a1\u09bc\u09c1\u09a8","url":"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/nyc-parents-still-struggle-with-school-bus-service-as-contract-extension-goes-up-for-vote","target":"_blank"},"file":null,"title":""},"image":13896,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"\u0997\u09cb\u09a5\u09be\u09ae\u09bf\u09b8\u09cd\u099f\u00a0<\/strong>| School bus horror stories continue to emerge ahead of a key vote Wednesday on a contract extension for companies responsible for transporting many of the 150,000 New York City students who rely on yellow buses.\r\n
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The Panel for Educational Policy's vote comes after an agreement with school bus companies that\u00a0averted a system shutdown last month<\/a>. But it\u2019s unlikely the new deal will usher in immediate reform of the city\u2019s dysfunctional and notoriously unreliable school bus service, which is used by students with disabilities in particular.<\/p>\r\n

Randi Levine, policy director at Advocates for Children of New York, said the nonprofit is constantly fielding complaints about buses. \u201cThere\u2019s plenty of blame to go around but what\u2019s clear is that extending the 46-year-old bus contracts again and again is not serving our students,\u201d she said. \u201cNow, the incoming administration must move forward to ensure new, improved bus service is in place by the time the next extension expires.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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