Students will head back to class next week, but for a group of GTA students, they could end up spending three hours a day on the bus, even though their school is a 25-minute drive away.

Myrna Simpson, whose kids attend Pickering High School, says the new bus route operated by Durham Student Transportation Services (DSTS) will now take nearly 90 minutes each way, meaning her children will spend close to three hours daily commuting.

“When I initially saw the bus schedule, I was quite shocked because it’s twice as long as it was last year, and the duration is quite excessive,” Simpson tells CityNews. “An hour and a half on the bus, the bus is really hot or cold, it’s really noisy, there are no seat belts, the seats are uncomfortable – it’s just not an ideal situation.”

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