Howard County parents object to new school bus policy, say the system isn’t safe, equitable

Some parents in Howard County are objecting to the Board of Education’s new student transportation policy, saying it is not safe nor equitable. The new system, known as policy 5200, took effect at the beginning of the school year and cut bus transportation to thousands of students. The school system said earlier this year that the “non-transportation area” changes were a piece of a puzzle to aid the logistics of the new staggered start times.