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TUSD Is Cutting Bus Drivers and Promising Buses to the Same School. Someone Is Lying.
By THREE SONORANS · 2026-03-11
Tuesday night’s 🌙 TUSD Governing Board meeting ran six hours ⏳ and produced one moment nobody expected 😲: twelve Pueblo High School MEChA members ✊🏽 — on a self-organized field trip 🚶🏽♀️🚶🏽♂️ — stood at the podium 🎤 and told the board that their school has had no district buses for over a decade 🚫🚌, while ICE agents patrol the city bus stops they’re forced to use 👮♂️🛑 🚌✊.
Superintendent Trujillo committed to bus routes “immediately” 🗣️✅ — but that promise is on a direct collision course 💥 with the March 31st budget vote 🗓️🗳️, which would eliminate every driver position 🧑✈️❌, fuel budget ⛽📉, and maintenance line 🛠️ needed to actually deliver it 💸…