As complaints of late buses, stranded children and transportation-related confusion poured into Wake schools Tuesday, Tata held a midafternoon press conference to respond to parents’ concerns.

Wake started Monday with 880 buses on the road transporting some 75,000 students. It began with about 52 fewer buses than last year to save money despite a projection that enrollment would grow by 3,700 students this academic year. On Tuesday, Tata said four of those sidelined buses would be put back on the road at a cost of $250,000.

At Underwood Elementary in Raleigh’s Five Points neighborhood, resident Tanya Churchill said Tuesday teachers were still standing in front of the school 90 minutes after students were to have been dropped off.

Southeast Raleigh resident Beverly Eason, learned at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday that her 7-year-old granddaughter, a second-grader, had yet to leave Turner Creek Elementary in Cary and would not be home until after 6 p.m.

Three buses for York Elementary School did not arrive at the school until 5 p.m. to even start taking children home,” said parent Jennifer Irving Kochman.

Caroline Lafiura of North Raleigh was so worried that her children’s bus hadn’t come Monday afternoon that she called 911 to have a Raleigh police officer confirm the kids were still at Hunter Elementary School near downtown Raleigh. She made the call after not being able to reach anyone at the school or the transportation department. Her husband, Todd, picked up their two children at 5:30 p.m., one hour and 45 minutes after classes ended. Todd Lafiura said there were still some 30 children at school because the buses hadn’t come yet to take them home.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/08/27/2296841/first-day-bus-confusion-produces.html#storylink=cpy

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