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To avoid unnecessary fu1nlication of bus routes the

time schedules of the elementary schools e_no_ the high

Achool woula_ have to be coord.ina.ted. The starting time

for all schools would be the eame to assure uniformity of
the school day for all the elementary schools. Thie could

be adhered to by the high school also. The nronosed start-

ing time T•-rould. be 9: 00 a .T.. for all schools. This would

meet the criteria of no child being on a bus more than

one hour whi2-e being transported. The longest bus route
·wo1. 1 ld be twenty-one miles and. could. be safely tre.veled in

forty-five minutes. The closing time of the school day

would be 3:30 p.m. T~is would assure all chi~dren being

home before nightfall even in the short winter days.

It would be difficult to determine the exa.ct number

of' runs and. buses needed for transpo1"'tinF!'. both the elemen-
tary and secondary ouoils of a unified district. But a

near apuroximation can be givPn with each ele~entary

school as well ae the ~igh echool able to call on buses

for excursions, field trins, etc. With the high growth

of school po\mla tion ex_Derienced in the past, allo~•.re.nce

he.P been I:!&de to take ce.re of i'."1rnea.ie_ te pu~:>il enrollment
gains.

Under the proposed olan nine buses should be able