Riding the school bus will soon be a lot different. New York State has released school bus guidelines, like mandating masks and one child per seat.
SCHOOLCLASSROOMS WILLCERTAINLY LOOK A LOTDIFFERENT COMEFALL.BUT WHAT ABOUT THESCHOOL BUS?7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER OLIVIAPROIA SHOWS USWHAT CHANGES WILLBE MADE TO MAKESURE YOURSTUDENTS GETSSAFELY BACK TOSCHOOL.NATURAL SOUND: ONECHILD PER SEAT ANDTHERE WILL BE MARKS.RIDING THE SCHOOLBUS WILL SOON BE ALOT DIFFERENT.MIKE: THE KIDS AREGOING TO BE ON THEROAD LONGER.
THEBUSES ARE GOING TOBE ON THE ROADLONGER, AND THERE'SGOING TO BE LESSDRIVERS.
IT'S REALLYGOING TO COMPLICATEOUR ABILITY TO GETTHE KIDS TO SCHOOLON TIME, BUT WE WILLGET THEM THERESAFELY.NEW YORK STATE HASRELEASED SCHOOLBUS GUIDELINES...LIKEMANDATING MASKSAND ONE CHILD PERSEAT.... AND THEY'REGOING TO COST AGOOD CHUNK OFCHANGE.DAVE: WE'RE GOING TOMOST LIKELY BERUNNING MOREBUSSES THAN WE HAVEIN THE PAST, MOREBUS RUNS DEPENDINGON THE INSTRUCTIONSCHEDULES.
IT'SGOING TO COST MOREMONEY THAN IT HAS INTHE PAST.
SO WE HAVETO HOPE OUR STATEGOVERNMENT ANDFEDERALGOVERNMENTRECOGNIZE THAT ANDPROVIDE SOME RELIEFTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS.MARK: THEEXORBITANT COST TODO SO... OUR BUDGETIS JUST NOT BUILT TODO THAT.THE NIAGARA FALLSCITY SCHOOL DISTRICTHAS PUT SOME PLANSIN PLACE TO HELPOFFSET THAT COST.MARK: WE'RE STARTINGIN A HYBRID 50%RETURN.
A LOT OFTHAT WAS DRIVEN BYTHE FACT THAT WE BUS500 STUDENTS ANDCAN ONLY BUS SAFELYWITH SOCIALDISTANCING HALF OF ABUS.STAND UP: ANOTHERDISTANCING HALF OF ABUS.STAND UP: ANOTHERISSUE IS HAVINGENOUGH PEOPLEBEHIND THE WHEEL.MIKE: WE'VE GOTALREADY A CHRONICBUS DRIVERSHORTAGE.
THAT'S NOTGOING TO IMPROVE.IT'S GOING TO GETWORSE.
WE'VE HEARDFROM SOME OF OUROLDER DRIVERS THATTHEY'RE RELUCTANTTO COME BACK.BUT AT THE END OFTHE DAY... ONECENTRAL FOCUSREMAINS.MIKE: WE ALWAYS DOOUR BEST TO KEEP THEKIDS SAFE.
THIS ISJUST A NEWCHALLENGE.IN NIAGARA FALLS, OP,7EWN.
One mom said her child will have to walk 4 miles each way to school.
