The way it looks the referendum will undoubtedly be voted down. What happens afterward is the big question. Here are a few scenarios which will play itself out. The monitors claim as of February 23rd only mandated busing will be available everyone else will lose their busing privileges. For most children whose schools are located in industrial park the students will have busing since most of them are more than two miles. Hundreds of public school students living within walking distance will lose busing.
Most probably though, a lawyer will challenge the state in court which a judge will issue an injunction to temporarily continue the courtesy busing. There are grounds to constitutionally fight the state's overreach here. A monitor can not override a democratically elected board. If other nearby towns have an elected board than the Govt can not take that right away from us.
Most probably though, a lawyer will challenge the state in court which a judge will issue an injunction to temporarily continue the courtesy busing. There are grounds to constitutionally fight the state's overreach here. A monitor can not override a democratically elected board. If other nearby towns have an elected board than the Govt can not take that right away from us.