A fifth of school buses run late

More than one in five school buses were running late on the first day of school in DeKalb County.

Deputy Superintendent Kendra March said 65,500 students — a third of the student population — rode DeKalb school buses Monday.

March said 78 percent of the buses were on time. While speaking at a 6 p.m. meeting, March said several buses had not yet reported arriving at their destinations that evening.

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