It's the Brian Lear Show. I'm producer Amina Serna filling in for Brian today. Good morning again, everyone.

Now we turn to the immediate fate of school bus contracts in New York City.

Last night, the New York City Panel for Education Policy held a hearing on whether or not to extend the current decades-old contract with bus operating companies charged with getting city students to school every morning.

This comes after a standoff last month between the city and the five largest operating companies,

which have threatened to halt all operations without a new contract.

Eventually, the two parties agreed to hold a vote on whether or not to extend the current contract,

and that vote happened last night.

The results?

Another three-year extension. But parents are

unhappy with the service these school bus operators are providing. Imagine waiting for hours

for a bus that never comes, or a seven-mile trip taking over two hours to complete each morning

and afternoon. Imagine filing a complaint with the Department of Education about these

chronic delays, only to learn that the city has no records of delays on your bus route. Imagine

getting a text message from your child asking you to pick them up from the hospital after a school

bus accident. But no one from the bus operating company even alerted you that there was an accident.

That's what happened to Chris Van Dyke. Here's what he shared with WMIC and Gothamist education

reporter, Jessica Gould. She was texting me and he said he was going to Elmer's. I was like

Elmer's and I finally figured I was like, do you need Elmhurst? And eventually what happened is all

the kids were taken by ambulance to Elmhurst Hospital finally figured I was like, do you need Elmhurst? And eventually what happened is all the

kids were taken by ambulance to Elmhurst Hospital. The crazy part is we were never informed

at any point. Jessica Gould joins us now with her reporting on the endemic issues with New York

City's school buses and the result of last night's hearing. Jessica, welcome

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