School Bus Strike Hurt Kids With Disabilities Most

According to the passage, who was most hurt by the school bus strike in New York?

• students with disabilities
• parents
• teachers
• bus drivers

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What was the effect of many students with disabilities being unable to get to school?

• schools bus drivers went on strike
• contract therapists were losing work hours
• students with disabilities needed special buses
• some parents had to pay for taxis for their kids

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

The school bus strike placed a financial burden on therapists. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• “Three-quarters of the school’s clinicians were contract employees.”
• “Many clinicians wanted to stay in their current positions for the sake of their students.”
• To cut back on expenses, Wilson was spending less money on groceries.”
• “Wilson was worried about her students who needed constant work to maintain certain skills.”

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

 How can the contract therapists in the passage best be described?

• pleased
• aloof 
• unprofessional
• dedicated

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is this passage mostly about?

• how parents rallied together during a school bus strike in New York 
• how a school bus strike affected kids with disabilities and therapists 
• the means of transportation students with disabilities need to get to school
• the work that contract therapists do with students with disabilities

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Read the following sentences: “Wilson was worried about her students who needed constant work to maintain certain skills such as drinking from a straw, which helps strengthen mouth muscles and limits drooling. With too much time off, some students would have to start over again when they returned.
”What does “maintain” mean?

• give up; resign
• throw away; trash
• help; assist
• keep up; preserve

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

During the school bus strike, many students with disabilities were unable to make it to school. _________, the therapists who worked with them had reduced hours and pay.

• However
• In particular
• As a result
• Initially

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5