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Museum School budget includes $196,000 for vans and field‑trip logistics; applicants say daily expeditions drive costs

5887280 · May 14, 2025
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Applicants told TEA they budgeted about $196,000 in the zero‑year budget for four vans, maintenance, insurance and frequent learning expeditions; they said routine student transportation will be provided only for students with IEPs and that the vans are intended mainly for afternoon community‑based learning.

Museum School of East Dallas applicants told TEA on May 14 that a $196,000 zero‑year line item in their workbook represents the conservative cost to procure and operate four vans for frequent learning expeditions, insurance, maintenance and fuel.

“Financially, we would not be able to get a big charter bus and do all of that, so it really was thinking about ... four of those vans,” an applicant said,…

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