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Yellow School Bus Registration deadline 12/22/06Note: The Spanish PDF seems damaged to me. The English one is fine. Tim (CPAC Chairperson) As you know, until recently, the Department of Education has based yellow bus routes on the number of eligible students, not on the number of students that actually want or use yellow bus transportation. This year, the DOE asked parents to register their children for bus service or a MetroCard, or to decline service altogether. In so doing, we were able to route buses based on the number of students who are actually riding the bus to school. These new routes will allow the department to drive millions of dollars, which are currently paying for empty bus seats, to schools and classrooms. Last month, a group of bus companies filed a legal challenge to this new policy, but last week, a state judge ruled in our favor, enabling us to move forward. Because of the delay caused by the legal proceedings, we decided not to change the bus routes this past Monday (December 4) as planned. Instead, we are reopening the registration process for parents whose children were previously routed for yellow bus service. Parents can register their children until Friday, December 22, 2006. Any child who is not registered by December 22 will not receive transportation beginning January 29, 2007, when the new bus routes go into effect. We have set up a dedicated customer service line (718-482-3700) to help principals, parents, and anyone else who has questions about this process. We would greatly appreciate anything you can do to alert parents about the December 22 deadline and the bus route changes, which begin on the January 29. We know this is not an easy change-but Thanks in advance for your help. Best- Senior Counselor to the Chancellor Attachments:
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