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School committee approves three-year lease for four buses amid parent protests over broader transportation cuts
Summary
The Revere School Committee on July 22 voted to commit to a three-year financing lease for two 77-passenger buses and two smaller buses to allow the district to run more routes in-house.
The Revere School Committee on July 22 voted to authorize a three-year financing commitment to lease two 77-passenger buses and two smaller buses so the district can operate some transportation runs with in-house staff rather than contracting out.
The move was presented to the committee by Mr. Cruz (identified in the meeting as “Mr. Cruz”), who said the financing agent under the district’s joint municipal contract requires a formal vote committing funds beyond the current fiscal year. “So the basics there are that whenever possible, we would like to operate our own school bus vehicles,” Cruz said. He told the committee the financing paperwork would be delivered to the financing agent the next day so the buses could be ordered and arrive for the first day of school.
Why it matters: parents and several public commenters said the…
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