Inefficient bus system plagues Boston district

TheBoston school district is transporting 31,493 students on buses this year - 5,000 fewer than it did 10 years ago - and yet the district is using only five fewer buses. The mayor says it will be difficult to improve the bus system until all neighborhoods have quality schools, cutting down on the number of children who must travel across town. At the heart of the problem are the city's three sprawling student assignment zones, established 20 years ago to replace a court-ordered desegregation plan. To read The Boston Globe article, click here.