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Efrain Velazquez at the wheel of the X32 express bus, making a morning run from Queens to the Bronx High School of Science. The fare is $5 a ride.
The X32 express bus takes students like Jeffery Gerage, in the front row, a 16-year-old junior, from Queens to the Bronx High School of Science.
02/12/2008
Getting To School For Some Students Is A Science
Three bridges connect Queens to the Bronx. But if you are a high school student dependent on public transportation, the 10- to 15-mile trip can easily translate into hours on the subway.
So Rasheda Browne, a freshman at the Bronx High School of Science, takes the city’s X32 bus at 6:33 every morning from her home in Jamaica, Queens. The trip takes an hour and a half each way, and costs $5. For Rasheda, it is worth it.
“Our teachers would tell us the school was really good, but it’s hard to get to,” said Rasheda, 14, between bites of a flatbread breakfast sandwich from Dunkin’ Donuts one recent morning. “I had to decide whether I really wanted to go there to get a better education.”
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