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Boulder Mother Concerned Bus Decision Leaves Certain Students Behind

She said the district's decision to not bus any high school students, unless they have a disability, is unfair to low income families.

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By Dillon Thomas

July 29, 2020 at 6:11 pm

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BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – As school districts across Colorado navigate a return to in-person classes amid COVID-19, a parent in the Boulder Valley School District says the lack of bus transportation available to students is discriminatory. Maxine Most told CBS4 the district’s decision to not bus any high school students, unless they have a disability, is unfair to low income families.

“People rely on busing as part of the education system,” Most told CBS4’s Dillon Thomas.

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Most, a single parent of a 15 year old who was on free and reduced lunch last year, said she cannot take time off of work to transport her daughter to class. Not only is her daughter too young to drive right now, but the family cannot afford a vehicle or insurance that would come with letting her child drive herself when she turns 16.

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