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Warwick schools may be thrust into chaos in the next few days as the school bus drivers union appears to be poised to go on strike.

Unit 5 Superintendent Kristen Weikle says one of the biggest challenges the district faces is staffing shortages, telling the school board Wednesday evening that even at the end of the first quarter of the year, there aren't enough bus drivers to run the full number of routes to get kids to school on time.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants school districts to know they can use federal pandemic relief funding to address bus driver shortages.

The parents of a former Mt. Pleasant Area School district kindergarten student claim their daughter was injured and received improper medical care during a bus ride home from classes more than a decade ago. According to a two-count lawsuit filed this month in Westmoreland County court against First Student Inc.,

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In New Haven the school district says there are signs of improvement when it comes bus problems amid a driver shortage.

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MIDDLEBURY-SOUTHBURY — The Region 15 Board of Education heard from Superintendent Joshua Smith about district goals and teaching theory at its meeting on Monday, September 27.

Parents in Seattle Schools are just a week away from knowing whether they will lose bus service for their kids.

Superintendent Jaime Alicea announced Friday that some schools will shift their schedules beginning later this month.