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where students were forced to wait for buses.

“Not getting there isn’t O.K.,” she said.

The committee’s student representative, Aratrika Ghosh, who is a member of the WHS swim team, also had concerns about the bus service.

“We never get to know whether we’ve got a bus or not,” she said.

Ghosh added that later start times were not an option for many student-athletes because they need to do their homework after practices or games.

As to the driver shortage, which is nationwide, Delani said the company has been aggressively recruiting. NRT recently hired English as a second language instructors for driver candidates whose first language is not English.

“It’s a challenging environment,” he said.

‘You overbid and over-contracted’

Bock then brought up the issue of NRT itself, which had been bought out by another company, Beacon Mobility.

“You have contracts you’re not able to fulfill,” she said. “We are not in charge of solving these issues, you are.”

“You overbid and over-contracted,” said Edinberg.

Both Bock and Edinberg demanded an improvement in communications between NRT and the schools. They said service declined shortly after one of NRT’s employees, who knew Westborough, was promoted to another position.

“It went downhill very, very fast,” said Edinberg. “We want this fixed.”

“We need better communications,” said Bock. “This is under your control.”

NRT promised weekly meetings with the schools.

Should service not improve, WPS may consider pulling out the contract and seek a new transportation vendor.

“WPS appreciates the professionalism of our bus and van drivers and the care taken to safely transport our students. In fact, we hear from drivers how much they love our students, and from parents and students how much they love their drivers,” said Edinberg.