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Dear West Hempstead Families,
We recently let you know that
Rivlab Transportation will discontinue service to the West Hempstead
School District effective November 1st. However, just this morning
Rivlab informed us that many of their drivers quit over the past week
and that Rivlab will not have enough drivers to cover all of their
routes, beginning as soon as tomorrow, Wednesday, October 23rd. This
will likely mean that Rivlab will double up routes and/or perform routes
after they have completed other routes, which would lead to delays in
service.
We have begun reaching out to the other bus companies
that we work with to see which of them may be able to fill in on an
emergency basis.
As we let you know last week, we published a bid
to replace Rivlab earlier this month. That bid will be opened this
week. Once we review the results of the bid submissions, we will have a
better understanding of which bus company or companies will be taking
over the Rivlab routes on a permanent basis. We will let you know of
those changes once we have that information.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause and thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Gina Gandolfo in the Transportation office.
Sincerely,
Joel Press
Assistant Superintendent for Business & Operations
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