Boston Public School students have been hit particularly hard by late school buses this year. Have you been impacted?
The start of the school year is an exciting and nerve wracking time for students, families, and teachers. But the butterflies of back-to-school were compounded this year with extremely late school buses, prompting complaints and concern from parents, students, and Boston officials.
About two-thirds of school buses arrived late for Boston’s first day of school earlier this month, marking the worst first-day performance the school district has reported in the last nine years.
This year, only 34% of buses arrived at schools on time the morning of Sept. 5, according to city data. This is the lowest on-time rate for the first-day bus performance since at least 2016.
The Boston Public Schools transportation system serves more than 22,000 riders through the deployment of about 650 buses a day. The school district is also under a state mandate to have 95% of its buses arrive on time.