Parents frustrated as busing dispute forces many students to go online
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) A dispute between a local school district and its bus company has left families to figure out how to get their kids to class.
Sun Coach Lines claims South Allegheny School District owes them tens of thousands of dollars. Just a few days ago the bus company decided to cut ties with the district.
Parents in the South Allegheny School District, like Rachael Grzes, were looking forward to Monday, Feb. 1.
“I just went, bought him and everyone’s school shoes and was like ‘oh, I guess we’re not going back to school,’” said Rachael Grzes, a parent.
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Students who attend North Allegheny’s Marshall Middle School will temporarily switch to remote instruction after three additional positive covid cases were reported, district officials announced.
The three new cases brings the total number of active cases at the school to seven during a 12-day period.
As a result, students will not be allowed in the building today until Feb. 2.
“During the last 12 days, we have had constant communication with the Allegheny County Health Department,” district officials said in a letter to parents. “After reviewing the recent cases…the district must close Marshall Middle School for in-person instruction, athletics and activities.”