Thursday, March 10, 2011

Concerns Still with Board Busing Policy


Some parents say proposed changes the Rainy River District School Board is making to its busing policy still don't meet their needs.

The board is looking at changes it says provides for more flexibility, especially for children in joint-custody arrangements.

Andrew Labbe of Fort Frances says many shift-working parents like him don't fall within the board's criteria of a regular weekly schedule.

"From what I'm reading it won't accommodate a four on-four off schedule," says Labbe. "Four on-four off schedule is eight days, not seven, so it wouldn't work in a management weekly schedule."

The board's gathering input into the policy until March 25.