http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/yellow_bus_bill_passes_senate.html
I still will be very surprised if service is restored to grades 7 & 8. The "like circumstances" bullshit was just a convenient justification for the city throwing them off. I don't think this will change anything, but who knows. (And, truth be told, who among us really misses them?)
A few weeks ago on an MTA bus filled with kids from IS 34, a couple of kids were breaking the driver's balls. He gave them a few warnings, they didn't stop ... not being able to determine exactly who the troublemakers were, he threw the whole busload off the bus. A luxury we do not enjoy. They do not appreciate free metro passes any more than they appreciated yellow bus service.
Councilman Ignizio is saying service will be back in Sept. for 7th and *8th graders. I have to see it before I believe it.
According to the advance ...just got approved!!! 7 & 8th graders back on bus!
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/city_re-instates_yellow_bus_se.html
Wow! Surprises the hell out of me! If it results in more than half the runs that were cut being reinstated I will be equally surprised. But if some junior highs change their dismissal times as well as putting the 7th and 8th graders back on, we'll be looking at a substantial number of new runs.
I heard this morning from my cousin's laundry guy who said he heard it from his girlfriend's mama who over heard it in a phone conversation by an OPT Inspector in a diner in Brooklyn that it's not going to happen.