The Boston Herald was the first to report that the 150 kids at Stoughton Public Schools will have to find a new way to get to school before the school year starts on September 4. This news comes at the same time that the state has begun paying for buses for the migrant kids of the more than 200 new immigrant families who have moved into the area.
Superintendent of Schools Joseph Baeta wrote to parents that 150 high school students who signed up to take the bus would not be able to be put on one for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year. “Families that won’t be getting bus rides were told this week.”
The school district says it’s not because of new illegal aliens, who should all remember that they have no right to be in the country at all. Of course, we know the truth. The money that is spent by a school board in one place can be used in another. It all comes down to what you value most. And it’s easy to see what the Massachusetts government thinks is most important.
In Massachusetts, there is no law that says schools have to provide transportation for students in grades 7 through 12, but the letter said that schools have to provide busing for students who live in hotels and shelters. However, the director says that the lack of buses is not because of the new immigrant families who have come to Stoughton.
The letter said, “We are using money given to the school to bus the kids who are staying in hotels or shelters. It’s not true to say these other kids get to go to bus stops, and that’s why yours do not. This would not be possible without the state support for the students staying in hotels and shelters.”
