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>> AS WE MENTIONED MORE THAN

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1200 STUDENTS DON'T HAVE BUS

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TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO SCHOOL.

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THIS AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER

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STUDENTS ARE SITTING ON MORE

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THAN 90-MINUTE RIDES TO AND FROM

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SCHOOL EACH DAY.

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C.P.S. CHIEF PEDRO MARTINEZ

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SPOKE AT THE FIRST BOARD OF

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EDUCATION MEETING AT THE SCHOOL

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YEAR AND HE SAYS HE CAN RELATE.

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>> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LONG

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ROUTES BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ONE OF

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THOSE 355 FAMILIES IT'S YOUR

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CHILD I GET IT I HAVE TWO

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CHILDREN AT C.P.S. AND YOU KNOW

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WHAT IS GOING TO BE FIXED FOR

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YOUR CHILD.

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I GET IT.

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>> AND WTTW NEWS REPORTER MATT

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MASTERSON JOINS US NOW WITH

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MORE.

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BEFORE WE GET TO THE SCHOOL BUS

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ISSUE, C.P.S. PUT OUT A

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STATEMENT THIS EVENING ON THAT

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SHOOTING AT SCHURZ HIGH SCHOOL

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THAT WOUNDED FOUR KIDS AT THIS

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POINT.

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WHAT DID IT SAY?

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>> THE DISTRICT SAID THE SCHOOL

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WENT INTO A LOCKDOWN WHILE

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C.P.D. RESPONDED TO THE SHOOTING

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THAT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE

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SCHOOL.

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THEY WOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION

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FOR THE COMMUNITY LATER AND THEY

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WANTED TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS

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WERE WITH THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS

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WHO WERE INJURED IN THE

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SHOOTING.

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>> A LOT OF FOLKS HOLDING HER

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BREATH HOPING THEY ARE OK.

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ON TO THE SCHOOL BUS ISSUE.

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MARTINEZ SAYS THE DISTRICT'S

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TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY HAS

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IMPROVED OVER LAST YEAR BUT

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STILL THE AVERAGE BUS TRIP IS 39

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MINUTES MORE THAN 80% ARE UNDER

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AN HOUR BUT 365 DIVERSE LEARNERS

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IT'S MORE THAN 90 MINUTES EACH

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DAY.

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HOW DID IT GET TO THIS POINT?

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>> THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR

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THE LAST COUPLE YEARS ACROSS

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CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

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MARTINEZ SAID IT IS A NATIONAL

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PROBLEM.

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HE'S POINTED TO A NATIONWIDE BUS

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DRIVER SHORTAGE IS BEING THE

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ROOT OF THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUES

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THE CITY HAD.

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AND WHILE C.P.S. MAYBE IN A

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BETTER SPOT THAN LAST YEAR IN

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TERMS OF ROUTEING KIDS ON THE

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BUSES IT IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR

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SEVERAL PARENTS AND FAMILIES IN

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THE DISTRICT.

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>> AND MARTINEZ WAS ON THIS

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PROGRAM MONDAY TALKING ABOUT

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THAT ISSUE.

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DID HE REVEAL A PLAN TO ADDRESS

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THIS?

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>> C.P.S. SAID THAT OF THOSE

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THERE IS ABOUT 1200 STUDENTS WHO

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HAVE NO BUS RIDE AND HE SAID

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HALF THOSE KIDS WILL HAVE A BUS

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ROUTE BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK.

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THE OTHER HALF SHOULD HAVE A

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ROUTE BY LABOR DAY WEEK, THE

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WEEK FOLLOWING THAT.

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FOR NOW, C.P.S. IS PROVIDING A

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MONTHLY STIPEND PAYMENT TO

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FAMILIES TO HELP COVER

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TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

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FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

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THEY CAN GET FREE CTA BUS PASSES

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AS WELL.

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AND MARTINEZ SAID THE DISTRICT

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UPPED THE HOURLY PAY UP TO $20

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AN HOUR TO HIRE MORE BUS DRIVERS

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SO IT CAN FILL THE VACANCIES

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THAT THEY HAVE.

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>> WITH A PLAN IN THE WORKS,

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MATT, MARTINEZ TOLD PARENTS AT

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THE BOARD MEETING THEY SHOULD BE

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REALISTIC ABOUT THE SITUATION.

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TAKE A LISTEN.

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>> I WANT TO BE REALISTIC.

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I DON'T SEE US GETTING 100% OF

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OUR ROUTES UNDER AN HOUR.

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WE'RE GOING TO TRY.

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>> WHAT IS THE RESPONSE FROM

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PARENTS TO THOSE COMMENTS?

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>> PARENTS HAVE BEEN UPSET BY

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THAT THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE

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BUS ROUTES IT DID LAST LONGER IN

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THE SCHOOL YEAR LAST YEAR.

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THE FACT IT IS THE FIRST WEEK OF

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SCHOOL AND KIDS DON'T HAVE A

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GUARANTEED ROUTE IT IS A

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PROBLEM.

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THE TEACHERS' UNION OFFICIAL

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SPOKE TODAY AND SAID IT'S WRONG

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THAT KIDS DON'T HAVE ROUTES OR

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ARE SITTING ON BUSES FOR AN

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HOUR-AND-A-HALF CLOSE TO TWO

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HOURS.

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AND WHILE THE INCREASED PAY FOR