The Lakewood busing routes which have not yet been picked up, are expected to be picked up tomorrow when the bidding process reopens.
As first reported by TLS, many children in Lakewood were left without busing due to routes that were not yet picked up – which school district officials blamed on the last-minute busing deal.
The bidding process for the remainder of the routes are expected to reopen tomorrow.
Earlier this month, the BOE said, “students who have not received a bus seat due to a route that has not been bid on by a bus contractor will receive a “Still Waiting” post card stating that the next bid opening is on September 17, 2015, and that the district is hoping to having your child assigned to a bus seat then.”
The Lakewood School District currently has 57 routes that bus companies have not bid on; effecting approximately 36 nonpublic schools. All schools that have routes that have not been bid on have been notified.
“The Transportation Department will continue to make every attempt to place as many students as possible on a bus, and will not rest until everything humanly possible has been done to see that every eligible student receives a bus seat before receiving aid-in-lieu,” the District stated.
To receive aid-in-lieu (reimbursement for transporting your child to school), you can call the district office at 732-364-2400.
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How much do I get per day?
Wow you are concerned more about the money,just pray for bussing.
i never received a “still waiting” card!! i got gypped!!! looking fwd to receiving compensation
@abe , first call the number.
it was about $400 for the year last year
Never got a card either. What does that mean?
These bus routes are not profitable and/or inefficient based on time and distance. When you look at the big picture, widespread schools create an impossible issue to solve when pupil density is light, 56 routes not bid show a systemic problem about the way we approach busing in this town. It would be cheaper and more efficient if some of these schools provided their own transportation via vans, instead of using large buses that are mostly empty. I went to private school as a child and my parents paid for a van pool out of their own pocket.
I’m sure they will answer the phone number that is listed just as they answered the phones to the parents that called to find out why the buses for their children never came.
Right now I am concerned how I have spent an hour a day dropping of my child and a hour picking up. Yes, my time is valuable. I need to make money to pay for my property tax and your busing.
i called the number & there are a zillion options. can someone who called please list in detail, all the extensions to press? thanks!
It’s 800 $ a year. There are some routes that were picked up but the companies don’t have enough buses. Indefinite wait on those.
Fyi. Many of these routes are full or close to full buses. Companies dont have enough buses.
It’s going to be impossible for the parents in my area to carpool day in and out this whole year to my girls’ high school. Their route is a full one (they were on the bus for over the 45 min max last year with seats full to capacity) so if that’s not a route a bus company picks up, I’m not sure what will be. If the compensation is really $800 for the year, it’ll pay for the 7 girls in our development to take a cab to and from school each day. My bigger concern is my sixth grade son- not as many kids live in our development so to join a carpool he would need to walk to another neighborhood. And I certainly can’t drive him each day. Note that I have three kids with no bussing out of four in local private schools. Those with bussing should count their blessings!
anyone have any luck with reimbursement?
I actually got through on my 1st try this morning & I was told that they will give papers to the schools for e/o to fill out for reimbursement
The reimbursement doesn’t come for a long time and not all at once. It come in 3 separate payments and did get last for last year to july. So don’t count anything quick. I drove my kids to bayville school everyday last year after they recieved a bus pass for first day and bus never showed.
Also we can shorten bus times if everyone goes to a cornor like there suppose to. My children has to stand at the stop in the dark and go to school 1hours 1/2 early because of busing in this town. None of it is done fair. Idalia and Tiffany are not house stop streets and the drivers do it because they are getting there hands greesed. I know that’s true seen it. The state monitor needs to follow these buses and they can fix some of the problems.