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Busing problems in the Lawrence School District have plagued parents during the first several days of the new school year.

Lack of communication and poor organization are the two major complaints made by parents about transportation in the Lawrence School District during the first several days of the new school year. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/17/14

A school bus taking students to Lawrence Middle School was found to have booklice.

Booklice found on school bus

Booklice was discovered on an Independent Coach bus Thursday morning on its way to Lawrence Middle School. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/11/14

Lawrence School District’s transportation office is seeking to improve its busing system through new initiatives. From left were Carol Venezia, Mary Randazzo and new Transportation Supervisor Jeremy Feder.

Driving toward an improved busing system

Jeremy Feder holds three university degrees and is pursuing a fourth, and all that education will be put to the test in his new $95,000 per year job as the Lawrence School District’s transportation supervisor. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/16/14

Lawrence School District added 14 buses to alleviate commuting problems for the private-school students it is responsible for transporting. From left Sara Weiss, the district’s private-school transportation liaison, and Michael and Nick Fabrizio from Independent Coach.

Driving toward transportation solutions

Improving communication and seeking ways to rectify transportation problems that have vexed the Lawrence School District and the private schools it serves since the school year began were the primary focus of a meeting between district officials, yeshiva leaders and parents in Superintendent Gary Schall’s office on Monday. more

By Jeff Bessen | 12/18/13

Yeshiva parents in the Lawrence School District once again brought their concerns about busing to the Board of Education. Above, Barry Greenfield spoke at Monday's meeting.

‘Where do we go from here?’

In an effort to improve its transportation system, the Lawrence Board of Education will review two busing policies with an eye toward revising them, district officials said at Monday’s meeting. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/9/13

The Lawrence school district and Independent Coach sought to shorten the bus rides of yeshiva students traveling to schools across Long Island.

Are we there yet?

Responding to private-school parents’ complaints that their children’s rides to and from school were taking way too long, the Lawrence Union Free School District and the Independent Coach bus company held discussions during the Jewish holidays on ways to make the trips shorter and more efficient. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/2/13

Independent Coach and the Lawrence School District are working on ironing out several problems that have mainly affected the commute of yeshiva students to their respective schools.

How long is my school commute?

Their stories began similarly, “My child/children were on the bus for 45 minutes/an hour/ nearly two hours going to school/coming home.” And the ending was also nearly the same, “My child/children were upset, “I called the bus company, they didn’t respond in a satisfactory way/they were rude.” more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/18/13

The Lawrence School District hired Sarah Weis to serve as a liaison among the private schools, the district’s Transportation Department and Independent Coach Corp., which transports the students.

‘What’s with our bus route?’

The first order of business for Sarah Weis, the Lawrence School District’s newly contracted private-school liaison, was to respond to some 1,200 phone messages left by irate parents about busing problems they and their children encountered as a new school year began in the Five Towns. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/4/12

A MTA bus and and a school bus with 14 Lawrence School District students collided in Cedarhurst Wednesday morning.

Lawrence students not injured in bus collision

An Independent Coach school bus taking 14 Lawrence School District students to school Wednesday morning at approximately 9 a.m., and a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus collided at the intersection of Central Avenue and McGlynn Place in Cedarhurst. more

JEFF BESSEN and ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 10/12/11

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