Wisconsin First Student Location Tries To Help Fix Their Issues

Wausau, Wisconsin: A First Student, former Laidlaw location is working with the D.C. Everest school district to shorten the amount of time a student spends on their buses.

"The main issue is that some kids are being picked up too early before their school bell. A junior high kid might be at school by 7:30 (a.m.) but gets picked up at 6:15 (a.m.) We need to be under 75 minutes."

Travis Ploman, First Student Contract Manager

Some of their remedies include adding four morning routes, and changing their agreement with the district to allow the school to open 25 minutes before the bell, instead of 10, which will allow the buses more time to drop off the students.

I'm always happy to see First Student cleaning up their act, and I hope other First locations take notice.

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