Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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The Bus Stops Here . . . ,EQ lx.: Z Lcd VIENP4 4: a ibm. R 17msumwl'.1 ' MK After many months of waiting, students finally get to board the bus. For the first time in over 35 years, West Town Bus Company decided to stop the special school bus serv- ice, leaving many students to find alternative ways to get to and from school. Finding new bus routes to school was not the easiest way to start school for many, The bus problem caused many complications for students, along with providing them with a com- mon reason for being tardy. The cutbacks by West Towns Bus Company also forced students to resort to the extremes, l 84 D Cab Company. Regional Transportation Authority general manager, Bernard Ford, said the school bus runs were discontin- ued because of financial and legal reasons. He added that the special bus service runs lose an estimated 5B300,000 annually. Principal Thomas Milikin was notified of the decision on August 6 and had to send out last-minute letters informing parents and students of the cutbacks before school started on August 27. As the year progressed, students learned to cope with the fact that West Towns Bus Company would no longer continue their special school bus service, as well as realiz- ing that the special buses provided by West Town does not stop here at Proviso East. '-.. Cutbacks by the West Town Bus Company forced students to resort to other forms of transpor tation to and from school.