On Monday night, the Indiana Area School Board approved a new transportation schedule for the next school year that will give students an extra 15 minutes of instructional time a day.
According to transportation director Mike Travis, the change will only affect the elementary schedules only, and the district will not add buses, drivers or routes. The buses will be directed to specific elementary schools, with each bus assigned to one elementary school. Travis said that there are a lot of advantages to the new schedule along with the added instruction time, including dealing with behavior issues.
The only disadvantage seen was staggered times if students from the same house were going to different elementary schools.
In other business, the board approved a security contract with Bramlet Enterprises to provide armed security services at an hourly rate of $35 on days school is in session and for extra-curricular activities.
