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Transportation Policy
June 4, 2008 - For the past few months, the Newburgh Enlarged City School District has been considering what to do in light of the defeat of a proposition calling for all students in the district to have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from their schools.
“The concern has always been for the safety of our students,” said Dr. Annette M. Saturnelli, Superintendent of Schools. “We have been concerned about the lack of sidewalks in the towns. We have been concerned about students who might have to walk through unsafe areas of the city. We are generally concerned about any student who may have to walk to school alone. But since the proposition that would allow all students to ride has been defeated, the district has no choice but to follow the standing policy,” Saturnelli said.
The district’s standing Board of Education policy on “Transportation” calls for the district to “provide transportation for all pupils who live outside the City [of Newburgh] and for pupils in grades kindergarten through 6 who live in the City at a distance of more than 0.9 miles from the school of their attendance and all pupils in grades 7-12 who live in the City at a distance of more than 1.0 miles from their school.”
When schools open this September, elementary students (K-6) who live in the City of Newburgh within nine-tenths of a mile of the school they attend will not have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school. Secondary students (7-12) who live in the City of Newburgh within one mile of the school they attend will not have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school. All students who live in the Town of Newburgh and in the Town of New Windsor will continue to have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school.
“Adhering to the standing policy will require us to carefully monitor who can legally ride a school bus and who can’t,” said Saturnelli. “Various methods of monitoring this are now under consideration. Whatever we decide to do will be effect in September 2008.”
Among the methods being considered is the possibility of a “bus pass” that would allow a student to ride a specific bus and to get on the bus at a specific stop. A student without a bus pass or with a bus pass for a different bus would not be allowed to ride.
“The concern has always been for the safety of our students,” said Dr. Annette M. Saturnelli, Superintendent of Schools. “We have been concerned about the lack of sidewalks in the towns. We have been concerned about students who might have to walk through unsafe areas of the city. We are generally concerned about any student who may have to walk to school alone. But since the proposition that would allow all students to ride has been defeated, the district has no choice but to follow the standing policy,” Saturnelli said.
The district’s standing Board of Education policy on “Transportation” calls for the district to “provide transportation for all pupils who live outside the City [of Newburgh] and for pupils in grades kindergarten through 6 who live in the City at a distance of more than 0.9 miles from the school of their attendance and all pupils in grades 7-12 who live in the City at a distance of more than 1.0 miles from their school.”
When schools open this September, elementary students (K-6) who live in the City of Newburgh within nine-tenths of a mile of the school they attend will not have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school. Secondary students (7-12) who live in the City of Newburgh within one mile of the school they attend will not have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school. All students who live in the Town of Newburgh and in the Town of New Windsor will continue to have the opportunity to ride a school bus to and from school.
“Adhering to the standing policy will require us to carefully monitor who can legally ride a school bus and who can’t,” said Saturnelli. “Various methods of monitoring this are now under consideration. Whatever we decide to do will be effect in September 2008.”
Among the methods being considered is the possibility of a “bus pass” that would allow a student to ride a specific bus and to get on the bus at a specific stop. A student without a bus pass or with a bus pass for a different bus would not be allowed to ride.
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