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Racine schools weigh partial fleet lease to replace aging food‑service and special‑education vehicles
Summary
District staff presented a proposal from Enterprise Fleet Management to lease a portion of the vehicle fleet — targeting refrigeration box trucks and special‑needs vans — to reduce maintenance costs, shorten replacement cycles and capture resale equity.
RACINE, Wis. — Racine Unified officials presented a plan on Monday to enter a partial vehicle lease program with Enterprise Fleet Management to replace aging, high‑maintenance vehicles that serve food service and special‑education transportation.
Peter Reynolds, director of operations, said the district has vehicles dating to 2002–2008 that are increasingly expensive to maintain; the district spent about $50,000 on fleet repairs in the last year. Reynolds said Enterprise proposes a leases‑to‑own model that would replace the oldest units, shorten average vehicle life cycles to roughly five years and use resale equity to fund future replacements.
“Two vehicles predate the anti‑lock braking standardization of 2007,” Enterprise’s area sales manager said in the…
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