RTC, CCSD announce partnership to bus high school students — WATCH LIVE

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada volition supply autobus proscription for students astatine 15 Clark County School District precocious schools to assistance alleviate a schoolhouse autobus operator shortage.

School territory officials were to denote the concern astatine a quality league Wednesday astatine Spring Valley High School.

Eligible students volition statesman utilizing services done the “Ride On” inaugural Monday successful lieu of schoolhouse district-run routes.

About 15 schools were selected based connected whether they person RTC autobus stops adjacent that person buses moving each 15 to 30 minutes. But not each students astatine those campuses are eligible.

Participating schools are Bonanza, Chaparral, Cheyenne, Cimarron-Memorial, Clark, Del Sol, Desert Oasis, Durango, Green Valley, Las Vegas, Liberty, Spring Valley, Sunrise Mountain, Valley and Western precocious schools.

Parents person raised concerns since schoolhouse began successful aboriginal August astir predominant schoolhouse autobus delays and unpredictable service, causing immoderate students to get hours precocious to school.

When the schoolhouse twelvemonth began Aug. 9, the schoolhouse territory had 252 unfastened schoolhouse autobus operator positions, a territory authoritative said past month. As of Sept. 13, determination were 234 openings.

Last month, the territory announced changes to precocious schoolhouse autumn sports schedules — including canceling nonconference games and changing days oregon times for immoderate games — owed to proscription issues.

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