Stafford County families say they're waiting up to 2 hours for school bus

Nbcwashington · Aug 22, 2024 · 414 words · By Drew Wilder

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What to know about Stafford County families say they're waiting up to 2 hours for school bus

Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up.

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What happened

Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up.

Why it matters

Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that SCPS switched to a new transportation management system this year that generated new bus routes and has an app for parents to track their kid's bus?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “SCPS switched to a new transportation management system this year that generated new bus routes and has an app for parents to track their kid's bus.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Reddit, DuckDuckGo, and general Wikipedia entries for the county) and does not mention a new transportation management system or a parent tracking app.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North Stafford High School is one of the five high schools in the Stafford County, Virginia public school system. It instructs students in grades 9 through 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Stafford_High_School

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stafford County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Northern Virginia region, and the D.C area. It is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stafford County Public Schools is a Virginia school division that serves the Stafford County Area. Its current superintendent is Daniel W. Smith, Ed.D., and has 32,185 students currently enrolled in i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_County_Public_Schools

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Claim 2: “Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend.”

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The specific detail that SCPS acknowledged the problem during the first week of school and made improvements over the weekend is mentioned in one specific news report. Other sources mention the shortage but not this specific timeline of acknowledgment and weekend fixes.

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Claim 3: “Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Stafford County families experienced delays of up to two hours and that these were attributed to both driver shortages and staffing issues.

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web search NEUTRAL — Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend. But Tameka Franklin, who told…Some families in Northern Virginia …
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/f…

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web search NEUTRAL — A shortage of drivers recently hit critical mass in Stafford County, Virginia, where school officials admit they’re in dire need of 20 full-time and 10 substitute drivers. “Had a parent call me and sa…
https://wjla.com/news/local/bus-driver-shortage-affecting-st…

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web search NEUTRAL — Due to an unforeseen number of staff absences, Stafford County Public Schools is experiencing bus delays this afternoon.The delays are being attributed to staff shortages caused by flu-like illnesses …
https://www.potomaclocal.com/2025/01/31/stafford-county-scho…

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Claim 4: “The school district agrees and apologized to families.”

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Two separate news sources confirm that Stafford County Public Schools apologized for the busing failures/concerns.

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Claim 5: “SCPS said additional changes to the morning bus routes are coming Monday.”

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The statement that additional changes to morning bus routes were coming on Monday is found in only one of the provided search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small part in Harris County. As of the 2020 cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford,_Texas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Independent_School_Dis…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford (born 17 August 1949), known professionally as Julian Fellowes, is an English actor, novelist, writer, producer, film director, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Fellowes

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