Parents concerned buses are overcrowded with no places for students to sit

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — As school buses prepare to pick up students Tuesday morning, some parents say overcrowded buses are making their students uncomfortable and unsafe.

A Discovery High School student shared cellphone video with Channel 2 Action News that shows students sitting in the aisles and three to a seat.

Parents told Channel 2 students riding elbow-to-elbow is dangerous and there's no room to move if there is an emergency.

"They can have an accident, and they won't have time to react," said mother Griselda Delgado. "It's very uncomfortable, it's risky and inappropriate."

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Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Tony Thomas took the complaints from families to the district.

Gwinnett County Schools admitted it has an overcrowding issue. But leaders insist they are correcting the issue and the routes are safe.

School administrators told Thomas a big contributor is the increased enrollment. Gwinnett County is one of the largest school districts in the country.

Since the start of school, the district has already had 5,000 new students enroll.

"Factoring these new students in with decisions families make during the first few weeks of school as to whether their child will ride the bus, be a car rider, walker, etc. means that we are constantly making adjustments to our routes to accommodate the shift in our bus riders," the district said in a statement.

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