‘It's not safe;' Leaders meet, discuss transportation changes after student killed near bus stop
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Changes are in the works after a Dunbar High School student, Alfred Hale, was shot and killed near the RTA Hub in downtown Dayton in April.
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Dayton Public Schools students have been using RTA buses and their transfer hubs for school transportation.
The district said it will take them 18 months to get new buses, not including drivers.
'Dayton has a unique set of circumstances. We have the Dayton Public School system responsible for transporting young people to some 90 different locations, in addition to the location that we have within Dayton Public Schools,' Dayton Mayor Jeffrey Mims said.
Some city leaders have suggested changing transfer hubs to safer areas.
'Welcome Stadium was something they would do in the morning time. It would be a transfer point in the morning time. Honus could be a potential transfer point into the afternoon,' NAACP Dayton Unit President Derrick Forward said.
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