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AdvertisementStudents ride home in cold, snowy school bus due to Massachusetts COVID-19 regulationsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptwas a long ride home in the elements for the students on this bus recording with their cell phones as snow flies in through the windows. It was cold, and I only had this on and a sweater, this seventh grader says. The 25 minute ride home from Silver Lake Regional Middle School was pretty uncomfortable. She couldn't find a dry seat anywhere. They were all getting wet, and when I walked on, they had snow on them. The bus windows were still down about two or three inches and the snow in the ring where it's coming in, and they were freezing when they got home. After watching the video, that girl's mother called the transportation company, and they told me that there was nothing that could be done. The windows had to stay open. Guidance from the state does give drivers some discretion, advising that they keep the windows open at all times during operation, unless not possible due to extreme weather conditions. Even in cold or rainy weather, bus window should be kept open at least partially a couple of inches if possible. It's too cold, too, to have them be that cold. In that way, for the ride home. This mother argues that Friday's weather was extreme, and now she worries about the looming winter bus rides is the weather gets even colder now? The state tonight did not elaborate on its definition of extreme weather, and we did not hear back from the school district or the transportation company tonight.AdvertisementStudents ride home in cold, snowy school bus due to Massachusetts COVID-19 regulationsGuidelines put in place by Massachusetts health officials to help keep students riding in school buses safe during the COVID-19 pandemic were given their first true test Friday.The state guidelines advise bus operators to keep school bus windows open at all times during operation, unless not possible due to extreme weather conditions. It's that strict adherence to the guidelines that has some Kingston families concerned, after their children experienced a freezing, wet ride home inside a school bus. Students inside the school bus transporting them home from Silver Lake Regional Middle School recorded what the scene was like using their cellphones. The video shows snow flying through the windows into the bus. One seventh grader said the 25 minute ride home was cold and uncomfortable, with virtually no dry seats available anywhere. "They were all getting wet, and when I walked on, they had snow on them," the student said. "The bus windows were still down 2 to 3 inches and the snow and the rain were coming in," Jennifer Rogers, the student's mother said. "They were freezing when they got home."After watching the video, and seeing most of the windows open a few inches, Rogers called the transportation company. "They told me there was nothing that could be done," Rogers said. "The windows had to stay open."Guidance from the state does give drivers some discretion, advising that they keep windows open at all times during operation, unless not possible due to extreme weather conditions. "Even in cold or rainy weather, bus windows should be kept open at least partially (a couple of inches), if possible," the guidance says. "It's too cold to have them that cold and wet for the ride home," Rogers said. Rogers argues that Friday's weather was extreme and now she worries about the looming winter bus rides as the weather gets even colder.Guidelines put in place by Massachusetts health officials to help keep students riding in school buses safe during the COVID-19 pandemic were given their first true test Friday.The state guidelines advise bus operators to keep school bus windows open at all times during operation, unless not possible due to extreme weather conditions.AdvertisementIt's that strict adherence to the guidelines that has some Kingston families concerned, after their children experienced a freezing, wet ride home inside a school bus. Students inside the school bus transporting them home from Silver Lake Regional Middle School recorded what the scene was like using their cellphones. The video shows snow flying through the windows into the bus. One seventh grader said the 25 minute ride home was cold and uncomfortable, with virtually no dry seats available anywhere."They were all getting wet, and when I walked on, they had snow on them," the student said."The bus windows were still down 2 to 3 inches and the snow and the rain were coming in," Jennifer Rogers, the student's mother said. "They were freezing when they got home."After watching the video, and seeing most of the windows open a few inches, Rogers called the transportation company. "They told me there was nothing that could be done," Rogers said. "The windows had to stay open."Guidance from the state does give drivers some discretion, advising that they keep windows open at all times during operation, unless not possible due to extreme weather conditions. "Even in cold or rainy weather, bus windows should be kept open at least partially (a couple of inches), if possible," the guidance says. "It's too cold to have them that cold and wet for the ride home," Rogers said. Rogers argues that Friday's weather was extreme and now she worries about the looming winter bus rides as the weather gets even colder.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementStudents ride home in cold, snowy school bus due to Massachusetts COVID-19 regulationsHide TranscriptShow Transcriptwas a long ride home in the elements for the students on this bus recording with their cell phones as snow flies in through the windows. It was cold, and I only had this on and a sweater, this seventh grader says. The 25 minute ride home from Silver Lake Regional Middle School was pretty uncomfortable. She couldn't find a dry seat anywhere. They were all getting wet, and when I walked on, they had snow on them. The bus windows were still down about two or three...

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