New York City’s school buses will keep running next week after city officials and bus companies reached a last-minute deal to avoid service disruption that could have caused chaos for many of the 150,000 students who rely on yellow buses to get to school.

The deal comes one day before contracts were set to expire for multiple major yellow bus providers. Parents had already started making backup plans, especially those whose children have disabilities or live in shelters and rely on bus service.

Rich Bamberger, a spokesperson for the lawyers negotiating for some of the largest bus companies, said the group would sign a temporary extension to maintain service, while continuing to push for a longer-term contract.

“In the end, this is about the children and our employees, period,” he said.

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