| Montclair High School CGI Students Petition NJ Transit To Get “Official” High School Bus Stop |
Students from Montclair High School’s Civics & Government Institute (CGI) addressed residents and town officials at Dr. Renee Baskerville’s 4th Ward Community meeting Tuesday night.
The CGI students gave a presentation detailing the difficulties high school students face getting to school if they live in the 4th Ward. The state only requires a bus to be provided to students who live over 2.5 miles from the high school; many students live close to but under that distance in the South End. The alternative is to take a NJ Transit Bus #34, but even though you might have seen crowds of students waiting for the bus after school, the stop is not an official one. CGI students described the stop as a “courtesy stop,” meaning drivers have the option to stop — or drive on by, something that happens if a bus is running late or often in bad weather conditions.
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