NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With just weeks to go before the first day of school, Newport News Public Schools is changing how students get to class, and not everyone is on board.
In a new transportation plan aimed at efficiency, the school division is reducing the number of bus stops throughout the city.
The change is scheduled to go into effect ahead of the first day of school on Aug. 25, and school officials say the goal is to shorten wait times and make routes more manageable for a department still facing staffing shortages…