With time running out as school bus vendors threaten to halt services for upward of 100,000 New York City students, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos drafted a Monday letter home to families outlining alternative transportation options in case of a shutdown.

The companies have notified the state Department of Labor they could lay off 12,000 drivers and attendants if they do not receive a long-term contract extension by the end of this week. The first day of disrupted service would be Monday, Nov. 3.

“If bus service is disrupted, our top priority is to ensure that every student can continue attending school without interruption,” read the chancellor’s memo, going home in backpacks this week across the five boroughs.

“We know many of our students and families depend on yellow bus servic

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