exact message from school "

February 19, 2025
Dear Parents,
The Board of Education recognizes how challenging it will be for families to make arrangements
for this year and will revise its position. We recognize that it will be difficult to make
arrangements with only 3 weeks b?fore the discussed changes. Therefore, the existing bus
stops for morning pick ups and afternoon drop offs will remain the same for this year.
However, for next year both morning and afternoon pickups will be group stops.
Please plan appropriately for next school year for your son or daughter who resides in Prospect
or Beacon Falls, currently attends Emmett O'Brien, Kaynor, or Nonnewaug, and is provided
bussing via All-Star Transportation.
The bussing schedule for morning pick-up and transportation to each of the three
schools will remain unchanged for the current school year. As a courtesy, Region 16 has
assigned bus stops that are close to your home. However, for the next school year
(2025-2026), we will be implementing a change from "neighborhood stops" to "common bus
stops" in both Beacon Falls and Prospect for both morning pick-up and drop-off at the end of the
school day.
We are forced to make this change because these buses (traveling from Ansonia, Waterbury,
and Woodbury) often run late due to the distance traveled to Beacon Falls and Prospect. This
often causes a "domino effect" which causes these buses to then be late for their Prospect
Elementary School and Laurel Ledge Elementary School runs. The way to mitigate this problem
and hopefully see some improvement is to create common bus stops.
Please plan appropriately for the next school year.
7.Jfa~
Kurt ~ ren
Principal, Woodland Regional High School
Region 16 Transportation Coordinator "

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