After looking at each high school in the district individually, the CPS administration outlined several last minute changes to Metro's service for students at a board meeting on Monday.
JUST DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST DAYOF SCHOOL - CINCINNATI PUBLICSCHOOLS IS STILL IRONG INOUTTRANSPORTATION DETAILS FORHIGH SCHOOLERS.AFTER A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTHC-P-S AND METRO HAVE AGREED ONA COMPROMISE ON ROUTES FOROLDER STUDENTS.
JOSH BAZANEXPLAINS THE CHANGES FOR THENEW SCHOOL YR.EA"Cincinnati Public Schools hasmade it clear it does not likeMetro's new high schooltransportation planut itworked with the bus service toadd extra safety precautionsand make oth eradjustments tohopefully have a smooth startto the school year later thiswe."ek"We've been working very hardover the past couple of weekstodo additional safeguards aswe're making this transitionfrom Xa trservice to regularservice."WITHOUT ENOUGH TIMETO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES TOMETRS O'ROUTES FOR CINCINNATIPUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS, THEDISTRICT AND THE S BUSERVICEARE INSTEAD TWEAKING THECONTROVERSIAL PLAN THAT'SALREADY ON THETABLE.18:30:21"We have done schoolby school reviews of arrivaland dismissal and adjusted theplans as needed.
This includesadditional routes, more adultsupervision."AFTER LOOKING ATEACH HIGH SCHOOL INDIVIDUALLY,THE C-P-S ADMINISTRATIONOUTLINED SEVERAL LAST MI NUTECHANGES TO METRO'S SERVICE FORHIGH SCHOOLERS AT MONDAY'SBOARD MEETING.
SOME SCHOOLSWILL SEE EXTRA ROUTES ANDSTOPS ALONG THE WAY, THEREWILL BE MOREAD ULT SUPERVISIONAT TRANSFER HUBS AND SCHOOLSAND METRO WILL HAVE STAFFMEMBERS AT THOSE LOCATIONS TOANSWER QUESTIONS AND HELPSTUDENTS FIND THE CORRECTROUTE."Just to identify the risksand what would be ourmitigation in orr deto makethe adjustments that we needto make school by school."METRO WILL ALSO HAVE SHADOWBUSES AVAILABLE TO HANDLEEXTRA CAPACITY UNTIL IT GETS ABETTER IDEA OF HOW MANYSTUDENTSIL WL RIDE WHICH BUSESEACH DAY.
SORTA-THE SOUTHWESTOHIO REGIONAL TRANSITAUTHORITY-ANNOUNCED LAST MONTHMETRO WOULD BE GETTING RID OFC-P-S SPECIFIC XTRA ROUTES,WHICH OFFER A MORE DIRECT RIDETO SCHOOL.
METRO IISNSTEADHAVING STUDENTS USE REGULARLYSCHEDULED ROUTES, WHICH WASMET WITH CRITICISM BY THECINCINNATI FEDERATION OFTEACHERS AND ALL SEVEN MEMBERSOF THE C-P-S BOARD OFEDUCATION.
THE NEW CHANGESWILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THESTART OFSCHOOL.18:52:51"This is reallyimpressive the work that y'allhave been able to get done inwhat seems like notime.""Full details of the changesto those routes will be postedtoWCPO.com and the first dayof classes for CincinnatiPublic Schools is Thursday.
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Two days into the new school year, Cincinnati Public Schools and Cincinnati Metro are planning adjustments to a contentious change..
After looking at each high school in the district individually, the CPS administration outlined several last minute changes to..