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Superintendent recommends rolling forward bus contracts for five years, flags electrification timeline and cost risks
Summary
District leaders recommended extending two school bus contracts for five years, citing a regional driver shortage and risk that open bidding could sharply increase costs; they also urged caution on the state’s aggressive electric-bus timeline given charging-infrastructure needs.
The Niagara Falls City School District superintendent told the board on March 13 he recommends extending the district’s current student-transportation contracts for an additional five years rather than rebidding them.
The recommendation rests on two arguments the superintendent presented to the board: a regional shortage of bus drivers that limits bidders and a recent example in Buffalo where rebids returned prices roughly 50% higher. "If we were to put these contracts out to…
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