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City Schools offers to pay hundreds of parents $250 to transport students to class


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City Schools offers to pay hundreds of parents $250 to transport students to class(WBFF)

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Baltimore City Public Schools is offering to pay several hundred parents to transport their own children to school this month.

The payment for the month of September would be a $250 dollar stipend, according to a reimbursement form obtained by FOX45 News.

A spokesperson for Baltimore City Schools says the families of 771 students received the offer.

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Tyreis Brown-Bond, the mother of a first grade student, tells FOX45 News she was offered the transportation stipend this week.

"In my case I would have to use rideshare -- Lyft, Uber -- because I do not drive," she said.

Brown-Bond indicated public transportation is not feasible for her situation.

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The reimbursement form provided to parents says students must have a 95 percent attendance rate to qualify for the payment.

City Schools says it is possible the transportation stipends could extend beyond September.

The district tells FOX45 News funding for this program comes from a "yearly parent reimbursement budget" and any additional money would come out of the contractor payment budget.

This offer to pay parents for transportation comes during a statewide shortage of school bus drivers.

On Monday, about 30 City Schools bus drivers called out of work on the first day of school.



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