Articles tagged: busing
WISD takes on biggest challenge: 50 percent turnover of bus drivers
Posted: Aug 31, 2012Since the Ann Arbor, Willow Run and Ypsilanti schools entered into a transportation consortium two years ago, the districts have experienced a more than 50 percent turnover in bus drivers. Read more »
Late busing for Ann Arbor middle school students restored thanks to $86K in outside funding
Posted: Jul 27, 2012Middle-schoolers in Ann Arbor once again will have transportation home following sports practices and after-school activities. The Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation and Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop have pledged up to $43,000 each, for a total of $86,000, to provide buses that the district recently cut. Read more »
EDITORIAL: Ann Arbor school district must make tough choices about future of busing
Posted: Jun 03, 2012Ann Arbor school board members have appointed a working group to study transportation costs and services and make recommendations by early next year. There are only hard choices ahead. That’s the dilemma facing the Ann ... Read more »
What's next for transportation in Ann Arbor schools? New group to suggest solutions
Posted: May 24, 2012The Ann Arbor Board of Education passed a resolution Wednesday directing Superintendent Patricia Green to organize a multi-stakeholder committee for analyzing the future of transportation within the district. Read more »
Transportation debate: $300,000 to $3.5M — how deep will the cuts go in Ann Arbor schools?
Posted: May 16, 2012Ann Arbor administrators have proposed a number of deep cuts to transportation for the 2012-13 school year. But at least one school board trustee is not pleased by the lack of details coming from officials ... Read more »
School bus malfunction during heat wave worries mom of special-needs Ann Arbor student
Posted: Jun 11, 2011When the days got hot earlier this week, one of the buses that transports special education students home from Abbot Elementary School in Ann Arbor couldn’t cool down. The bus, which transports about 9 students, ... Read more »
With video: Early-morning drive is major factor when Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti area school districts decide on snow days
Posted: Jan 12, 2011While most students are asleep and hoping they’ll wake up to news of a snow day, Tom Moore is out driving on Ann Arbor's roads to help make that decision. Ultimately, district superintendents have the ... Read more »
Ypsilanti school board discusses transportation with WISD officials, decides on board leadership roles
Posted: Jan 11, 2011Officials from the Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Ypsilanti Public Schools continued deliberating Monday night over proposed changes to address problems that surfaced in the countywide busing consolidation. WISD's Brian Marcel, assistant superintendent for business services, and ... Read more »
Ypsilanti school district's busing problems are impacting teachers, union president says
Posted: Sep 27, 2010Ypsilanti teachers union president Kelly Powers says continued problems with the district's new transportation system are being felt in the classroom. “It’s a catch 22,” Powers, president of the Ypsilanti Education Association, said at Monday’s ... Read more »
With poll: Washtenaw Intermediate School District busing service is improving, officials say
Posted: Sep 20, 2010Area school officials say they're seeing improvements in the transportation consolidation between the Ann Arbor, Willow Run and Ypsilanti school districts as the new system enters its third week. Brian Marcel, the Washtenaw Intermediate School ... Read more »
Washtenaw Intermediate School District to hold bus driver job fair Saturday
Posted: Jul 28, 2010The Washtenaw Intermediate School District will hold a bus driver job fair from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The job fair will be held at the WISD's Teaching and Learning Center, 1819 S. Wagner Rd. Read more »
Ann Arbor school administrator: Busing consolidation cheaper than privatizing
Posted: Apr 29, 2010Joining a countywide busing system run by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District is cheaper than privatizing, an administrator told the Ann Arbor school board Wednesday night. Hiring a private company to run the district’s busing ... Read more »
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