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Marple Newtown bus drivers tell board low morale follows ban on internal 50/50 fundraising
Summary
School bus drivers told the board they transported more than 3,600 students twice daily, operate a fleet of 97 vehicles, and want clarity after district officials said their internal 50/50 raffle violated policy while larger public raffles continued at school events.
Jim Farrell, a Marple Newtown school bus driver and district resident, told the board at the April 22 meeting that transportation staff morale is low after the district prohibited an internally run weekly 50/50 raffle that employees used to fund small morale events.
“We transport over 3,600 students twice a day,” Farrell said during public comment. He detailed the department’s scale: “we are a staff of a 25 drivers and aids, a fleet of 42 full size buses, 9 mid size buses, 30 micro buses, and 16 student vans.…
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