Left without busing, sixth-grader Leigha Archibald must rely on her mom, Karrie, to drive her to Middle School 180 in the Bronx.
City education officials have denied busing to sixth-graders at two Bronx schools, forcing parents to miss work and spend extra money to escort kids to school safely.
“Yesterday, we’re on the way to pick [my daughter] up, and there’s a crackhead …lying on the sidewalk with a stem, smoking crack,” said Marcus Ortiz, whose 11-year-old daughter Taisha Lomba is in the sixth grade at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation.
When Taisha applied to the school it was in her district - making her eligible for busing. But Urban Assembly moved over the summer, leaving many families in the lurch.
At Middle School 180, Karrie Archibald, mother of 10-year-old Leigha, was assured sixth-graders accepted into a performing arts program at the Kingsbridge school would be bused. Not so.
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