{"id":367947,"date":"2026-08-11T00:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/367947\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:48:14","slug":"martin-county-begins-school-year-with-smooth-bus-routes-and-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/367947\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County begins school year with smooth bus routes and optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin County begins school year with smooth bus routes and optimism<\/p>\n

\"Angela<\/a>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014<\/p>\n

The first day of school in Martin County began with Superintendent Michael Maine greeting bus drivers and ended at the now “B”-rated Hobe Sound Elementary. <\/p>\n

Maine started the day by meeting bus drivers at the transportation department. <\/p>\n

District officials said enrollment this school year is flat, and bus routes were consolidated to increase efficiency and save costs. <\/p>\n

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The first day of school in Martin County started with the superintendent greeting bus drivers and ended with hopes for a successful academic year.<\/p>\n

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“So far, everything that I have received by way of reports shows that everything was on time; all of our students arrived. I’m sure there were some delays due to traffic,” Maine said. <\/p>\n

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Traffic appeared manageable outside Hobe Sound Elementary Monday morning, and one crossing guard gave the first day of school high marks. <\/p>\n

“It was the best day that we’ve had since I’ve done it. Normally it backs up really bad, but not this year,” the crossing guard said. <\/p>\n

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Crystal Brandt, a third grade teacher at Hobe Sound Elementary, shared her plans for the first day with her students. <\/p>\n

“We’re going to write my class nest expectations. So we’re going to work in a group to write them,” Brandt said. <\/p>\n

A fourth grader expressed excitement about returning to school. <\/p>\n

“I’m excited to have friends again,” the student said. <\/p>\n

Maine shared his hopes for the school year. <\/p>\n

“I think that the end of the first week [is important] to ensure that not only do our students feel safe and are excited to be back, but that we’re also starting to get back into the academic routine,” Maine said. <\/p>\n

Maine also outlined the district’s goals for the year: eliminating “C”-rated schools, ensuring 100% of students are on reading level, and making sure every student arrives home safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin County begins school year with smooth bus routes and optimism MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The first day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[149052,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-367947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-martin-county-begins-school-year-with-smooth-bus-routes-and-optimism","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367947","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=367947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}