Post in Keeping bars open longer for the RNC

Apr 03 22:54 UTC

Just to clarify one piece about bus rerouting...

As we 1) do citywide busing for all of our high schools and 30 or so
elementaries and various special programs, 2) have one downtown school (on
Kellogg just east of the Xcel Center), 3) have many buses that bisect the
downtown area, AND 4) part of the downtown will be closed off or otherwise
result in traffic delays: In order to get our kids to school on time and
ready to learn, we will temporarily reroute some buses during this
convention. It is not a big deal for us to do this, but is essential to
maintain our high safety and operations standards on behalf of our students.

We do the same with other big events, road construction, every time kids
move, etc., so while there are important nuances and security issues
associated with this particular event, staff is accustomed to and fully
prepared to make the necessary changes quickly and efficiently so kids can
be in school every day, on time, to learn. And taking the privilege of the
virtual pen for a moment, our transportation services routinely win national
awards for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and timeliness because we begin
with good software and then our deeply experienced staff make the final
tweaks and refinements manually. They do good work, and I'm sure that will
continue as we open school next fall during the RNC.