WASHINGTON — Instead of sitting in a classroom, 11-year-old Dante Drawsand spent another morning shooting basketball hoops outside his home in Washington.

“I like school because I get to learn new things,” he said. But Dante hasn’t made it to Palmetto Elementary in two days — not because he didn’t want to go, but because the school bus never showed up.

On Monday morning, several parents received a text message from the school stating that buses would not run Monday or Tuesday.

“Two days in a row — I’m just tired of it,” said Dante’s grandmother, Wilda Drawsand, who helps care for him. She said this isn’t the first time buses have failed to pick up students in the Washington area.

“The parents don’t have transportation,” Drawsand said. “If they’re working, they have to find someone to k

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