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Board presses staff on vans, part-time drivers and shortfall affecting student athletics
Summary
Board members urged staff to accelerate purchases of smaller vans and hire part-time bus drivers to prevent athletes from missing games; staff said driver's-ed vans are due in July/August and the district plans to order additional vans after July 1 dependent on budget and delivery timelines.
Board members expressed frustration that student athletic teams have missed games because of transportation shortages and pressed staff for concrete timelines to buy smaller vans and fill part-time driver positions.
"I just don't wanna really be sitting here having that same conversation next year when these students... miss game after game after game," said a board member, urging action to avoid forfeited contests. Mister Pender and other staff described the steps…
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