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Bus Never Arrives for Deaf Students
A couple of special needs students are supposed to catch the bus to school every day. But their parents said that’s not what’s happening.
Fourteen-year-old Courtney Alladin was looking forward to the new school year at J.L. Long Middle School but he missed the first six days of class.
“I was mad. It was six days,” he said.
His mother Tracey Alladin said the bus never picked him up and she had no other way to get him to school.
“I don’t have transportation right now. My car is down so that’s why I couldn’t get him to school,” she said.
Courtney is deaf and receives special services at the middle school, services which are not offered at other schools.
After five days of calls to the school, the district and the bus service, Alladin said she had enough and walked to one of the bus depots located right behind her house.
“I told them I was gonna call FOX 4 News,” she said. “On Tuesday they hurried up and picked him up.”
Across town at Herbert Marcus Elementary, Sylvia Ramirez is facing the same problem.
Her 8-year-old daughter, who is also deaf and gets specialized instruction, has yet to be picked up once for school.
“They haven’t picked her up. We’ve talked to numerous people. Nobody seems to be able to do anything,” Ramirez said.
She and her husband have been taking turns taking their daughter to school.
“It’s just very frustrating that they don’t seem to care or do anything about it,” she said.
Dallas County Schools, which operates the bus services, said it relies on information from the school district to determine which students need to be picked up.
A spokeswoman would not discuss specific cases and would not answer questions about how many other student were affected.
Instead, she issued a statement that said the bus service is evaluating its transportation services rigorously, investigating what happened and working closely with the school district.
A couple of special needs students are supposed to catch the bus to school every day. But their parents said that’s not what’s happening.
Fourteen-year-old Courtney Alladin was looking forward to the new school year at J.L. Long Middle School but he missed the first six days of class.
“I was mad. It was six days,” he said.
His mother Tracey Alladin said the bus never picked him up and she had no other way to get him to school.
“I don’t have transportation right now. My car is down so that’s why I couldn’t get him to school,” she said.
Courtney is deaf and receives special services at the middle school, services which are not offered at other schools.
After five days of calls to the school, the district and the bus service, Alladin said she had enough and walked to one of the bus depots located right behind her house.
“I told them I was gonna call FOX 4 News,” she said. “On Tuesday they hurried up and picked him up.”
Across town at Herbert Marcus Elementary, Sylvia Ramirez is facing the same problem.
Her 8-year-old daughter, who is also deaf and gets specialized instruction, has yet to be picked up once for school.
“They haven’t picked her up. We’ve talked to numerous people. Nobody seems to be able to do anything,” Ramirez said.
She and her husband have been taking turns taking their daughter to school.
“It’s just very frustrating that they don’t seem to care or do anything about it,” she said.
Dallas County Schools, which operates the bus services, said it relies on information from the school district to determine which students need to be picked up.
A spokeswoman would not discuss specific cases and would not answer questions about how many other student were affected.
Instead, she issued a statement that said the bus service is evaluating its transportation services rigorously, investigating what happened and working closely with the school district.