Some parents in Surrey, B.C., are pushing for better school bus service for students with disabilities after the transportation budget was cut in half earlier this year.
The chair of the Surrey Board of Education says the district needs more funding and will take its cause to B.C.’s new education minister.
Carmen Vogel, whose son Ryder is non-verbal and has autism, is one of the parents pushing for change. She said the cuts mean there are fewer buses to go around so kids with support needs are having to wait far longer to get to class.
“All the kids are sitting on the bus for extremely lengthy amounts of time, missing meaningful education time and sometimes arriving wet, exhausted, hungry.”
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