Opinion: When school transportation fails, learning may not happen at all
A bus drops off students for the first day of school. (The Daily Memphian file)
Pedro Velasquez-Rodriguez
Pedro Velasquez-Rodriguez is executive director of Lifedoc Health.
“For about 26,000 Memphis students, access to school transportation is the difference between showing up ready to learn and not showing up at all.”
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