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WEBVTT ENOUGH. >> IT’S INFURIATING NOT KNOWING WHAT’S GOING ON. KELLI: DORCHESTER DAD DAREN BROCKE IS FRUSTRATED HIS SIX AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRLS JUST STARTED SCHOOL THIS WEEK, AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY THEY’RE GETTING HOME A LITTLE TOO LATE, BEDTIME. >> TUESDAY WAS THE WORST. KIDS WERE STARTING TO GET HOME AROUND 8:00, WHICH IS SUPER RIDICULOUS. YESTERDAY WAS 6:00, TODAY WAS AROUND 6:30, AND MORROW LUCKILY IT IS A HALF DAY, AND I’M SCARED THEY WILL COME HOME AT THE NORMAL TIME THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO. BEYOND RIDICULOUS. KELLI: BROCKE SAYS WHAT MAKES IT WORSE IS THAT COMMUNICATION HASN’T BEEN THE BEST SO HE’S FORCED TO LOOK AT AN APP TO FIND HIS LITTLE GIRLS. BUT THIS FATHER ISN’T ALONE. FOR THE PAST WEEK, MANY PARENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT LATE OR MISSING BUSES FOR THEIR KIDS. BUS DRIVERS HAVE FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THE PROBLEM DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE GETTING BETTER ANYTIME SOON. IN A STATEMENT BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAYS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE SCHOOL BUSES ARE OPERATING ON SCHEDULE TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY. BPS IS PLEASED THAT THURSDAY MORNING’S ON-TIME PERFORMANCE WAS BETTER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. AS FOR BROCKE, HE BEGS TO DISAGREE. >> IT IS SAD REALLY. I JUST WISH COMMUNICATION WAS THERE. KELLI: IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR LIT

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