Schools Superintendent Edward Seto said the district administration handled the recent bus crisis “flawlessly.”
Stung by criticism that they needlessly waited until the last minute to decide to close schools on Jan. 6 due to concerns over the district’s main bus contractor, district administrators have released more details about what happened during the time leading up to the decision and its aftermath.
Schools Superintendent Edward Seto late in the evening of Jan. 5 decided to close township schools because a day of meeting with company management and bus drivers left him unconvinced that the carrier, Atlantic Express Transportation Corp. of Staten Island, would be able to pick up all the students on its 56 routes.
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