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Perryton ISD board authorizes purchase of new buses, vans and vehicles
Summary
After an extended discussion of fleet needs, the PERRYTON ISD Board authorized buying a 46-passenger ranger bus, a 40-passenger white activity bus and set aside about $110,000 for used vans/cars for 2024–25; it also approved follow-up purchases for 2025–26 and budget commitments to order additional buses.
The PERRYTON ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously to authorize purchases intended to begin replacing an aging district fleet, approving a 46-passenger ranger bus and a 40-passenger white activity bus for the 2024–25 school year and allotting approximately $110,000 to acquire a used 14-passenger van and a car.
The action, moved and seconded during the board’s business meeting, also instructs the superintendent to plan purchases for the 2025–26 budget year: a second 40-passenger white bus and a 71-passenger Bluebird yellow activity bus with a 240-horsepower engine. The motion carried 7-0.
Board members and staff framed the purchases as a response to a long-running need. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time…we are now beginning the process of tackling that coming problem,” Superintendent Brown said as he outlined the recommendation. He told the board the district received voter-approved tax-rate funding intended in part for transportation and that the district could use available surplus or fund-balance money for some purchases this year.
Why it matters: Board members said continued…
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