{"id":350365,"date":"2026-07-23T21:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350365\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:12:12","slug":"martin-county-school-bus-routes-may-change-to-improve-efficiency-and-cut-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350365\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County school bus routes may change to improve efficiency and cut costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin County school bus routes may change to improve efficiency and cut costs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/news-team\/9851bcce-af46-43b3-b596-1ca57700dd3a\" aria-label=\"Yasmine Julmisse profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9851bcce-af46-43b3-b596-1ca57700dd3a_1679359321.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Yasmine Julmisse\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Martin County School District is proposing changes to its bus routes to improve efficiency and reduce costs, according to district leaders.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The district said the adjustments, which include route consolidation, addressing lower ridership and creating more efficient stop locations, would result in cost savings equivalent to three bus routes. This would save the district $255,000.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Families can now view the proposed bus routes on the district&#8217;s back-to-school webpage by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinschools.org\/o\/mcsd\/page\/reopening-2026-2027#bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">While parents can review the proposed routes, the changes are not yet final. The school board is scheduled to vote on the proposal July 28.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Stay up to date: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Your neighborhood: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/local-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin County school bus routes may change to improve efficiency and cut costs MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[32093,143365,85671,1830,6025,143367,96521,34330,6686,6951,675,5127,171,173,172,143366,221,189],"class_list":["post-350365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-adjustment","tag-back-to-school-webpage","tag-bus-route","tag-change","tag-cost","tag-cut-cost","tag-district-leader","tag-efficiency","tag-late-headline","tag-late-news-update","tag-local-coverage","tag-news-app","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-route-consolidation","tag-weather","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}