Three weeks before classes began this school year, bus drivers warned their bosses that Boston’s schools were destined to repeat “massive, system-wide chaos’’ if they proceeded with flawed and error-ridden routes that didn’t allow drivers enough time to safely pick up and drop off students. The routes were used anyway. And now, the district finds itself wrestling with a persistent tardiness problem as one in 10 students still arrive after the first bell rings.
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It's not like there isn't routing software to make these problems go away. As a GIS specialist, I had a hard time finding a job. Here's one that is being screamed for. I am now working outside the GIS and mapping field. Too bad. I could have helped here, and not required a huge salary, either.
Imagine the frustration that would be avoided and the time and money that would be saved if students simply walked to schools in their neighborhoods. Just saying.
I'll bet an elected school committee would be more responsive and attentive to parental needs.