Good Question: How many kids are allowed on a school bus?
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — It is two weeks into the new school year and a lot of you still have questions about buses.
A viewer wanted to know: How many students are allowed on each school bus in New York State?
This is something we’ve addressed before and it’s really a case by case, district by district decision.
According to state guidelines, districts are told to do what you have to do to make this work and keep students safe: maintain social distancing and everyone who can wear a mask has to wear one while on the bus.
Students will have to spread out unless they’re sitting with a brother, sister or cousin who lives with them.
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As for passenger expectations, there’s no set number for kids.
For one local example, Webster school officials cut bus capacity to less than half of what they would run on a normal school day. So, if you have a bus made for 60 people it should only make trips carrying 20 to 30 kids at most.
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