Donna Coppola brought up an interesting if impractical question at last week's Finance Committee meeting. That was "Is there a procedure for us to reimburse parents so much a mile if they transport their own children?".
There were several snickers but actually a figure of $0.45 a mile was thought to be the going rate, Even if we could theoretically save some money, I don't think the amout of parental involvement could be reconciled with the actual commitment it would take. Not only that the traffic would be terrible.
Some of these children are being bused to Randolph and Chelmsford. If a nurse is needed, that is a big commitment of a single parent. Plus aren't towns reimbursed from the state for most of the expense?
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