WV Lawmakers Seek to Set Time Limits on School Bus Rides
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Posted: 5:29 PM Feb 26, 2008
WV Lawmakers Seek to Set Time Limits on School Bus Rides
The ongoing debate over long school bus rides in West Virginia has spawned a House-approved attempt to enforce statewide guidelines for younger students.
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The ongoing debate over long school bus rides in West Virginia has spawned a House-approved attempt to enforce statewide guidelines for younger students.

Passed to the Senate on Tuesday, the bill envisions half-hour bus routes one way for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. The bill also recommends 45-minute trips for intermediate and junior high schools, and an hour for high schools.

The bill would only apply to future routes prompted by new or
consolidated schools or closings. Counties would need the state's
approval for such routes that would last at least 15 minutes longer. But it would bar waivers for routes exceeding the standard by 30 or more minutes.

Delegates voted 95-3. Opponents argued it wrongly dictated policy to county schools.


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Posted by: reader on Feb 27, 2008 at 04:52 PM

I think they should have buses for grade school students only they should not be bused with middle school and high school students! Middle school students should have their own buses and so should high school students!
Posted by: Anonymous on Feb 27, 2008 at 09:43 AM

My child gets on the bus at 6:36 -7 in the morm and 2:30 -3:30 in the afternoon . She is in Pre-K . This is crazy and nothing to do about it .
Posted by: TIM MERRITT on Feb 27, 2008 at 08:36 AM

man the only thing i can say on this 1 is that when i was in school i had to catch the bus at 5:45am and didnt get to school until 7:25am we lived on spurlock creek and had to travel to milton we had a great elementary in the community until the BOE decided that it would be better to close it down and bus the smaller kids all the way to milton as well I just think the BOE needs to get there heads out of there wherever it is and concentrate more on the children instead of how to save a dollar for thereselves and i think they need to bring back the paddle and prayer to the school system i strongly believe thats when the hole thing began to go down hill when they took it out
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