In a school district in a Boston suburb, parents of more than 100 students must find ways to get their children to class because bus service is no longer available outside of grades K-6 due to a lack of funds and shortages.

Local mother Ashley Francois is one of those parents. After her driver’s license was suspended indefinitely for medical reasons three years ago, she says she had great difficulty getting her children to school.

“In February 2023, the school system actually accused me of educational neglect,” she told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday.

“One of my children on the IEP (Individualized Education Program) is refusing to go to school. He’s one of the kids who is not allowed to get on the bus or get picked up from the bus. So they basically gave in to exactly what this child wanted, which was not to go to school.”

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“Now you’ve made it absolutely impossible for me to get him there to access the curriculum and services that you’ve designed specifically for him. So he can’t go to school to get those services,” she continued. “Kids aren’t going to have access to any of the Stoughton Public Schools curriculum if there’s no way to get them there.”

For now, only Francois’ elementary school student can ride the bus to school. Faced with this new challenge, her tight budget and her inability to keep a driver’s license, she told Fox News she is considering keeping her other children at home.

“Am I supposed to pay for four to six Uber rides a day for the entire school year to take my kids to school and then wonder how I’m going to pay for their housing, electricity, the food they need to eat, clothing, school supplies? Because we probably get a two-page list of school supplies for each grade,” she said.

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The controversy surrounding the bus service stems from the fact that the state of Massachusetts recently funded buses for students from the more than 200 immigrant families that have moved to the community. However, local school board member Joseph Baeta stresses that this is not the cause of the problem.

In a statement to Fox News, Baeta said, “As we completed the free busing process, we received 162 additional requests this year. We could not have anticipated such an increase. That is why, as part of our policy, we have made busing available to all students in grades K-6 starting Friday.”

“We will be looking into this issue in the coming week (transportation should be close to 100%),” the statement continued. “We will know more after Tuesday.”

In a separate letter to parents, Baeta said the state of Massachusetts does not require bus transportation for students in grades 7 through 12, but does require transportation for those living in hotels and shelters.

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The letter also said that due to budget cuts, the district has one fewer bus than last year and that a shortage of bus drivers is further exacerbating the problem.

“We utilize the funds provided by the state to the district to bus students living in hotels/shelters,” the letter states. “The funds for these two buses do not come from our operating budget. It is inaccurate to claim that these children being bused are the reason you did not receive a bus. If we did not receive the funds from the state for students living in hotels/shelters, we would not be able to have these two additional buses.”

In a letter earlier this year, Baeta cited the increase in student numbers – partly due to the increased migrant population – as a factor creating “financial pressure.”

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Fox News’ Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.