With the new school year fast approaching, 10,000 students in Renfrew County could be without school bus transportation come September.
"It's just deflating because we've gone through so many disruptions in the past four years now," the mother of two tells CTV News. "This year alone we have six 2011 that are being replaced, and that will come in at $1 million. So they've gone up since Covid 71 per cent." Seven bus operators in Renfrew County serviced 200 routes last year to 52 schools. Jackson says buses and drivers in the county are ready to go for Sept. 4, the first day of the school year."If there's no buses and everybody's dropping off their kids, the town's not set up very well for everybody doing car drop offs," says Stefanison.
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