Whitehall-Coplay School District has been ordered to resume district busing for children 12 and older attending charter schools by Monday.<\/p>\n
Six charter schools and a group of parents had challenged the district\u2019s decision to use public transportation provided through LANTA for the students. The Commonwealth Court order Thursday resolves a request for emergency relief filed Sept. 9 while leaving open the legal dispute. It does not require either side to make admissions regarding their claims and defenses in the case.<\/p>\n
The district busing required by the court \u201cshall continue through the entry of a final, non-appealable order or adjudication disposing of Petitioners\u2019 claims in this matter, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties or ordered by this Court,\u201d the judge\u2019s order states.<\/p>\n
The court action resolves the immediate transportation issue while the underlying legal case continues, CEO of Seven Generations Charter School Amanda Cossman said in a news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Order provides immediate relief for students and families who should not have to choose between attending their charter school and having unequal transportation. Restoring District transportation gives eligible students a dependable way to get to school while the broader legal issues continue to be addressed,\u201d Cossman said.<\/p>\n
The Whitehall-Coplay superintendent\u2019s office did not immediately return a request for comment Friday.<\/p>\n
The school board voted 8-1 in June to eliminate yellow school bus services for older charter school students, sparking parent complaints at subsequent board meetings<\/a>. A recent state Supreme Court case ruled school districts can end bus service for charter students if alternative free transportation is provided<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whitehall-Coplay School District has been ordered to resume district busing for children 12 and older attending charter schools…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,227,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-298512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-education","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}