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Many students who take the buses had been late to personal meetings or external work due to the time it took for the school buses to reach their homes. Those same students also reported their homework time feelinglimitedduetotheirbuses’timeliness.

A large number of bus routes take more than an hour togettomosthighschoolers'busstops,manyofthem have been getting students home as late as : p.m., eventhoughschoolendsat : p.m.

DHS student Maddie Hoyt stated that they prefer getting a ride home by car because it was faster that way.

“I usually get driven home; the buses take an hour but Icangetthereinfiveminutes,”saidHoyt.

“I can walk to school faster than riding the bus; I take the car because I have more time to sew, draw and do homeworkwhenIgethome.”

“I usually get home in about minutes by car, it’s a lot faster than the bus for sure so I stick to driving by car,”saidananonymousstudent.

In correlation, the majority of Digest-interviewed students at DHS expressed disliking that Odyssey MiddleSchool(OMS)studentssharedthesamebusas them, since it led to longer routes farther from their homes.Sometimesthestudentbasecausedbusdrivers to alter their schedules and routes if even one student fromOMSwasmissing.

“I dislike having to ride the bus with the other kids from OMS,” said DHS sophomore Rory Perger. “It’s annoyingthatmybushastogotootherschoolstoget kids from different schools and take them home, increasingmybusridebyover minutes!”

“I personally think that having OMS students ride the same bus as me is not my favorite, because I have to waitalongtimebeforeIgethomesincealmostallthe students on my bus are middle schoolers,” said an anonymousstudent.

Overall, students at DHS seem to prefer other transportationmethodsovertakingthebus.Although some modes of transport may be frustrating, the districtisonlyrequiredtoensurethatstudentscanget to school safely day-by-day, of which every option previouslymentionedcomplieswith.