Theresa Cherry, principal of Center Township Elementary School, said a shortage of school support personnel is affecting students for multiple reasons.

She told the Butler Area school board at a Monday meeting of the Committee of the Whole that one of her top priorities for Center Township Elementary was for more paraprofessionals at the school, with transportation time being an issue for students.

“Right now with the unmonitored bus situation, some of the kids are on the bus for over an hour in order to make it most efficient and have the least amount of buses,” Cherry said. “They have to be that way just because we don’t have the people.”

The school board discussed the ongoing need for support personnel at its meeting Monday, after Cherry presented an update about Center Township Elementary.

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