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<p>WHEREAS: In 2021, the School Committee requested a plan for transporting students to after-school programs (C21-311, Members Wilson and Fantini); and</p> <p>WHEREAS: Cambridge Public Schools provided additional funding to community partners that year to address the transportation needs of their participants; and</p> <p>WHEREAS: Last year, the School Committee requested that the district work with the contracted transportation company to address student transportation to afterschool programs (C22-230 Vice Chair Rachel, Mayor Siddiqui, and Member Fantini); and</p> <p>RESOLVED: Cambridge Public Schools was able to accommodate transportation for all families who are attending Department of Human Services (DHSP) sponsored after-school programs at a location other than their home school in the 2022-2023 school year; and now, therefore, be it further</p> <p>RESOLVED: That given the increase in after-school slots created by the Department of Human Services (DHSP), the School Committee and district administration confirm to continue its practice of bussing students to after-school sites that are less than a mile away from their home schools. </p>