BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      At its July meeting, the Boardman Board of Education declared school transportation services impractical for 46 students.
      Consistent with that resolution, reimbursement of $26,857.56 (or $583.86/per student) will be made to the parents and/or guardians of those 46 students.
      “State law allows districts to determine that transportation for a student eligible for transportation is impractical only after considering six factors. Determination of impracticality is made at the individual student level.
      “Factors used to determine impracticality do not include the type of school (district, chartered nonpublic or community) attended by a student,” Supt. Chris Neifer said.
      According to the agenda of the school board, students whose transportation to school whose bus routes were determined to be impractical are---
      Brook Campbell, Peyton Campbell, Alexander Haase, Luke Houck, Julianna Ramos, Molly Simons, Charlie Phillips, Crew Phillips, Carley Shevock, Ella Szari, Emma Szari, Rebekah Turner, Gracie Unger, Lazarus Millich, Jackson Simons, Taylor Simons, Nicholas Spanos, Deegan Talbott, Angela Thomas, Olivia Thomas, Delaney Vass,
      Michael Coleman, Jacob McGinnis, Cherish Flowers, Marissa Baulo, Spencer Baulo, Connor Buzzacco, Ava Carbon, Evan Davis, Martin Davis, Emma Davies, Giulianna Flauto, Kendall Gozur, Jack Haluska, Christine Lopatta, Ella Moore, Dominic Pinciaro, Alyssa Puhalla, Andrew Puhalla, William Rabel, Addison Rin, Preston Stephens, Osiron Talbot, Nicole Thomas, Wilson Wang and Tarell Wilson.
      State law requires public or community school district to consider six factors when determining the practicality of a bus route. Those factors are---
       • (1) The time and distance required to provide the transportation;
       •(2) The number of pupils to be transported;
       •(3) The cost of providing transportation in terms of equipment, maintenance, personnel, and administration;
       •(4) Whether similar or equivalent service is provided to other pupils eligible for transportation;
       •(5) Whether and to what extent the additional service unavoidably disrupts current transportation schedules;
       •(6) Whether other reimbursable types of transportation are available.
      State law requires that “the [school board ]or governing authority shall issue a letter to the pupil’s parent, guardian, or other person in charge of the pupil, the nonpublic or community school in which the pupil is enrolled, and to the department with a detailed description of the reasons for which such determination was made.”
      A request made to Supt. Neifer for a listing of the bus routes that have been declared impractical have not been answered.