Northern Adirondack Transportation Concerns

Northern Adirondack Transportation Concerns Concerned parents and taxpayers of Northern Adirondack CSD. Not affiliated with the school district. Advocating for student safety and accountability.

05/29/2026

Around 3:00 PM today, right around the time the elementary and CVES buses come through Lyon Mountain, I walked outside in the rain.

I needed an umbrella, and the wind was so strong it was taking my breath away and nearly ripping the umbrella out of my hands.

I even invited Superintendent Knight to come take the walk himself.

Honestly, I don’t think he’d make it. He may need the district golf cart.

Yet this is what children are expected to deal with while district officials continue defending bus stop decisions that never should have been made in the first place.

The district is willing to add 8–10 extra minutes to routes by sending buses on alternate routes, but somehow adding roughly 4 minutes to safely pick children up at their homes is out of the question.

The excuses are wearing thin.

Parents who live here know these roads. We know this weather. We know these conditions. We’ve been saying the same for hint before school even started and every day reality proves us right.

If the district can justify adding time to a route, then it can justify using that time to protect children.

Pick the kids up at their homes.

Not at centralized stops.

Not at the end of the road.

Not in the rain.

Not in the wind.

Not in the snow.

At their homes.

Because if grown adults don’t want to stand out there in these conditions, they should stop expecting children to do it.

Fix it or resign and find a different line of work since you can’t be bothered to put student safety at the forefront.

Another last-minute transportation notice from Northern Adirondack Central School District. Parents are expected to rear...
05/28/2026

Another last-minute transportation notice from Northern Adirondack Central School District.

Parents are expected to rearrange their entire mornings at 6:12 AM because “Route 6 will be divided among other routes,” with the district admitting a robocall “was supposed to go out last night.”

This is exactly the problem parents have been talking about for months.

Routes constantly changing.

Last-minute notifications.

Kids being shuffled around.

Families left scrambling with almost no notice.

And we’re supposed to believe this transportation department has everything under control?

At what point does the district stop defending Transportation Supervisor Cory McCasland’s poor decisions and start acknowledging the obvious:

This transportation system is poorly managed and needs to change.

And maybe, just maybe, one reason the district can’t keep enough bus drivers is because they refuse to pay a livable wage while expecting drivers to deal with nonstop chaos, route changes, angry parents, and poor leadership.

Because honestly, who would want to work under Cory McCasland at this point?

Parents should not wake up to emergency route changes with minutes to spare while being told to simply “allow extra time.”

Maybe if district leadership spent less time dismissing concerns and more time fixing the transportation department, parents wouldn’t keep receiving chaos alerts before sunrise.

Get rid of Cory McCasland and put someone in charge who can actually provide stability, communication, and safe, consistent transportation for students and families.

We have had enough!

05/28/2026

I received video footage today through a FOIL request from a Lyon Mountain bus route that took place on 5/13/2026.

This footage is from the Middle/High School run. The regular driver appears to have been off that day because a different driver completed both the Elementary afternoon run and the Middle/High School run.

One thing I found very interesting is that, despite active bridge work still happening at the time, the driver appears to use the normal route instead of the alternate route the district constantly references as justification for these centralized bus stops.

Which raises an important question:

If another driver unfamiliar with the route could still complete the normal route during active bridge work, then why are parents continuously told that safer home pickups are impossible because of timing and routing?

Meanwhile, kids are arriving at school almost 20 minutes early nearly every day under these centralized stop changes and alternate routing decisions.

And based on the district’s own statements over time, we are talking about approximately 4 additional minutes to pick children up safely closer to their homes versus adding 8–10 extra minutes by forcing the alternate route and centralized stops.

So what exactly is the justification anymore?

Children are being forced to walk farther distances, stand at centralized stops, and arrive excessively early, all while parents are repeatedly told safer options cannot be done.

The footage raises serious questions about the district’s narrative versus what is actually happening in practice.

For clarity: I am only sharing the first few minutes of the route footage. The video has also been sped up 2x for time.

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FOIL DROP #1Back on December 31, 2025, I filed a FOIL request seeking records related to transportation costs, vehicle ...
05/27/2026

FOIL DROP #1

Back on December 31, 2025, I filed a FOIL request seeking records related to transportation costs, vehicle charging on district property, authorized users, reimbursement requirements, policies, approvals, and related communications.

The district’s response?

“The District has no records responsive to this portion of your request.”

“No separate records exist identifying authorized users or reimbursement requirements.”

“All available responsive information has been provided.”

I was also provided approximately 480 pages of transportation expenditure records consisting primarily of account codes, dates, PO numbers, payroll entries, and financial figures. There are no summaries, explanations, or clear answers to the questions I asked. (LINK BELOW)

Meanwhile, Board of Education minutes show a resident publicly asking why vehicles were plugged into the school to charge. Superintendent Knight responded by discussing charging stations and their future use.

I am also sharing photos of the outlet location on district property and the public comment from the resident who stated that police were called on her after she took photographs of Middle/High School Principal Robert Witkiewicz’s vehicle plugged into that outlet.

I don’t need to add anything to her statement. You can read her words for yourself.

What I do find interesting is this:

Questions were asked publicly.

Photos were taken.

Police were allegedly called.

A FOIL request was filed seeking records regarding vehicle charging, authorized users, reimbursement requirements, policies, approvals, and communications.

And the district’s response was that there were no responsive records identifying authorized users or reimbursement requirements.

I am not going to pretend I can break down 480 pages of accounting entries into a Facebook post. I’m sharing exactly what was provided and exactly what was not.

Read the records.

Read the board minutes.

Read the public comment.

Look at the photos.

Then decide for yourself whether the questions were ever actually answered.

Full FOIL response (480 pages):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1suXVx6eOX068pBnKhAZU-n9udBNEZlf5/view?usp=drivesdk

05/26/2026

☕️ Stay tuned tonight ☕️

Time for some inconsisten-tea.

I’ve received additional FOIL responses from Northern Adirondack, and the deeper I dig, the more questions I have.

For months, parents have been told to trust the process.

Tonight, I’m going to start sharing some of the records so people can see for themselves what was provided, what wasn’t, and why so many of us keep asking questions.

No rumors.

No gossip.

No hearsay.

Just documents, emails, records, and the district’s own words.

The funny thing about paper trails is they don’t change their story.

Who’s ready for receipts? ☕️ 👀

05/25/2026

Sharing this again because people need to hear it.

Listen to how concerned parents were treated when they raised questions about student safety and the Lyon Mountain bus stops.

Don’t take my word for it.

Listen to the recording.

Listen to the responses.

Watch how quickly the conversation shifts away from the concerns being raised.

The recording is public.

Decide for yourself.

05/25/2026

Sharing this again.

Just listen.

Listen to how concerned parents and taxpayers are spoken about when they don't think they're being recorded.

Listen to the comments, the reactions, and the attitude toward the very people raising concerns about student safety.

You don't need my opinion.

The recording speaks for itself.

05/25/2026

Today I’ll be sharing many audio recordings of how concerned parents and taxpayers were spoken about before district officials knew they were being recorded.

I’ve shared these before but they need to be heard again.

Listen carefully.

Pay attention to the tone.

Pay attention to the comments being made.

Pay attention to how people raising concerns about their children are discussed when they believe nobody else is listening.

These are the individuals making decisions that affect our children and our community.

Since August, parents have been told their concerns don’t matter, that they’re overreacting, or that they should simply accept the decisions being made.

The recordings tell their own story.

The good old boys club only survives in the dark.

Accountability begins when the public gets to hear what is said behind closed doors.

Listen.

Then decide for yourself if these people need to resign.

05/24/2026

Question for taxpayers

Why does the district need not one, but two of these vehicles?

What are they used for every day?

Who drives them?

How many miles are put on them each year?

What do they cost taxpayers in fuel, maintenance, insurance, registration, and replacement costs?

The district asks taxpayers to approve budgets year after year.

Parents are told resources are limited.

Transportation concerns are dismissed as too costly to address. So it’s fair to ask why the district needs two of these vehicles and what purpose they serve.

If they’re essential, explaining their use should be easy.

If the district expects taxpayers to pay for it, taxpayers have every right to know why.

Watch the video and decide for yourself whether these are questions worth answering.

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