Over the long weekend, the Northborough-Southborough Public Schools announced that bus pick ups will begin earlier tomorrow morning. Read the full article → from School bus pickups to shift 10 minutes earlier – Wednesday morning
The district is communicating directly with parents about their students’ bus schedules. Read the full article → from Transportation Update: Check your emails for bus schedules
I’m rounding up some of the school related news I missed sharing recently. Some stories are from the media and others from school announcements. Read the full article → from NSBORO Roundup: Masks not required outdoors; Studying the Holocaust; Start Time Reminder; and No to School Choice
In late June, I promised to follow up on the School Start Time change adopted by the school committees for fall 2021. The decision hinged on a big change for bus transportation. That ties in to a new contract with the bus company, also approved by the committees the same night. Read the full article → from School bus updates and more details on the start time change
Last night, the school committees for Northborough-Southborough Public Schools supported a modified plan to change school bus tiers and start times for the school year after next. If implemented, the changes would mean Algonquin Regional students will Start School Later in August/September of 2021. Read the full article → from Combined school committees support start time changes for 2021-22
Earlier today, Northborough and Southborough public school parents received the monthly newsletter from the Superintendent. In it, he asks for responses to three surveys with deadlines this Friday, June 5. Read the full article → from School Surveys: Fall “Hybrid” Reopening, Start Times, & Strategic Plan surveys seek feedback from parents/community by Monday (Updated)
Whether or not their kids take the bus, parents need to submit a Transportation Services form for each child who will be attending a Northborough or Southborough K-12 public school in the fall. Read the full article → from K-12 families must complete Transportation form(s) (even for kids who don’t take the bus)
Last week, the district’s combined school committees met for over 3½ hours. Here are the highlights. Read the full article → from School meeting notes: Remote learning, Financial decisions, Start Time proposal, Solar project and more
The combined committees are meeting for the first time since the announcement that buildings would remain closed this year. Read the full article → from Combined School Committees on hourly workers, bus contract, and Start School Later – Wed night
These days, the only passengers have been Northborough and Southborough school nurses. The staff has been able to use the available buses to deliver lunches to students. Still, the district is working to renegotiate the contract given the long school closure. Read the full article → from School Bus news: Nurses using them to deliver lunches and tech devices; contract fees being renegotiated
Last night, parents in the Northborough-Southborough School district received a September newsletter from the Superintendent. The message included news on working groups to study/advise on important issues. Read the full article → from School district working groups: Seeking volunteers to advise on Transportation and study K-12 Music; update on Start Times
This morning, new school bus routes were posted for Southborough K-8. The routes will be followed starting, Students were also issued letters informing them of changes. Read the full article → from Newly revised school bus routes to be followed tomorrow morning
I never posted the latest updates on the School Bus situation. (This shouldn’t be new information for parents with kids in the public schools. This is just to get up to speed the other readers who have been following the situation.) Read the full article → from School Bus Update: Revised routes finally to be posted next week
This morning, was a rocky start to the school year for many students waiting endlessly for a bus. This afternoon was apparently even worse. Some students were shifted to other buses. With buses somehow over capacity, kids were sitting on buses that couldn’t leave the school. Parents were complaining about kids apparently stranded and/or missing with late/insufficient communications. Read the full article → from Bus Update: Transportation nightmares, a school apology, and next steps