WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:06.9540000" NOTE recognizability:0.835 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.191 Spokane public schools. NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:01.191 --> 00:00:02.779 Now considering several recommendations NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:02.779 --> 00:00:04.594 to its transportation system and NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:04.594 --> 00:00:06.029 the district is asking students, NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:06.030 --> 00:00:08.354 parents and staff to weigh in cryptos. NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:08.360 --> 00:00:10.070 Janelle Finch looked into the NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:10.070 --> 00:00:12.463 issue she she shares some of the NOTE Confidence: 0.82729805 00:00:12.463 --> 00:00:14.323 comments SPS has received so far. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:16.340 --> 00:00:18.980 Back in its March 23rd Special Board meeting, NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:18.980 --> 00:00:20.912 SPS introduced short and long term NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:20.912 --> 00:00:22.610 changes to its transportation system. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:22.610 --> 00:00:24.512 Some of those changes include increasing NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:24.512 --> 00:00:26.179 walk zone boundaries and reducing NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:26.179 --> 00:00:27.889 the number of neighborhood stops. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:29.540 Since sharing the thought exchange NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:29.540 --> 00:00:30.860 on social media Wednesday, NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:30.860 --> 00:00:33.500 the survey has gained more than 250 comments. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:34.490 Let's talk more NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:34.490 --> 00:00:35.810 about what those commenters NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:35.810 --> 00:00:37.460 are sharing their thoughts on. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:37.460 --> 00:00:39.110 There are five main short-term NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:39.110 --> 00:00:40.430 proposals for the district. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:40.430 --> 00:00:41.750 The district is looking NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:41.750 --> 00:00:43.070 at centralized bus stops. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:43.070 --> 00:00:44.438 Having students arrive to NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:44.438 --> 00:00:46.490 school 10 to 20 minutes earlier. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:46.490 --> 00:00:47.982 Depending on grade level, NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:47.982 --> 00:00:49.474 decreasing the number of NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:49.474 --> 00:00:51.338 bus riders by increasing the NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:51.338 --> 00:00:53.093 range of student walk zones, NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:54.905 providing high school students with NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:54.905 --> 00:00:57.134 STA bus passes and alternative options NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:57.134 --> 00:00:59.336 for early learning and choice programs. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:01.380 Some comments thank the district NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:01.380 --> 00:01:03.012 for considering new transportation NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:03.012 --> 00:01:04.839 options and say change is needed. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:06.650 Another comment says continual delays NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:06.650 --> 00:01:08.880 opens the conversation on equity issues. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:11.052 Some comments ask USPS to operate NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:11.052 --> 00:01:13.666 its own fleet of buses and to NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:13.666 --> 00:01:15.114 bring busing in house. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.400 Other comments include several direct notes. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:19.787 On Durham Bus services one saying in NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:19.787 --> 00:01:22.187 part Durham needs to give more notice NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:22.187 --> 00:01:24.155 for late arrivals or no drivers. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:24.160 --> 00:01:26.350 Another comment from a single mom NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:26.350 --> 00:01:28.811 says the bus service is hard to NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:28.811 --> 00:01:30.677 trust and notes her student has NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:30.677 --> 00:01:33.323 had to walk back home after his bus NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:33.323 --> 00:01:35.302 never showed one of the board's NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:35.302 --> 00:01:36.638 long term recommendations does NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:36.638 --> 00:01:38.030 include evaluating its contract NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:39.366 with Durham bus services. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:39.370 --> 00:01:41.386 That contract expires at the end NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:41.386 --> 00:01:43.090 of the 2022-2023 school year. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:43.090 --> 00:01:44.458 Other recommendations explore a NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:44.458 --> 00:01:46.168 more in depth partnership with NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:46.168 --> 00:01:47.609 STA and possibly moving. NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:47.610 --> 00:01:49.776 Transportation to partially or fully in NOTE Confidence: 0.8406635 00:01:49.776 --> 00:01:51.820 house with cooperation from other area NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:01:51.820 --> 00:01:53.575 districts. According to USPS total NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:01:53.575 --> 00:01:55.330 student enrollment is over 29,000. NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:01:55.330 --> 00:01:57.418 An average of 35% of those NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:01:57.418 --> 00:01:59.190 students do ride the bus. NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:01:59.190 --> 00:02:00.945 The survey is still open NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:02:00.945 --> 00:02:02.349 on SPS's social medias. NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:02:02.350 --> 00:02:04.105 The board will meet next NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:02:04.105 --> 00:02:05.509 Wednesday in The Newsroom. NOTE Confidence: 0.8097435 00:02:05.510 --> 00:02:06.954 Janelle Finchum 2 new.