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Darien schools outline transportation overhaul, depot timeline and propane bus plan
Summary
District staff briefed the Darien Board of Education on a multi-part transportation plan including an in-house special education fleet, a phased replacement to propane buses to meet Connecticut requirements, ridership details, and a multi-year timetable for pursuing a bus depot.
Darien School District officials presented a multi-part transportation update Friday that outlined changes to special education routing, a multi-year plan to replace diesel buses with propane, and a recommended timeline for pursuing a district bus depot.
District staff said the special-education service that had been contracted out was brought in-house this year, creating a 15-vehicle fleet that the district expects to save about $1.1 million next year compared with the prior contracted model. “We do have 25 home-to-school buses,” the presenter said, “and this year…we did bring that all in house, and we operate a fleet of 15 vehicles for both in and out of district.”
The update gave context for the savings and rising costs. District staff said total student enrollment is about 4,600, with roughly 3,300 students eligible for home-to-school transportation under district policy and about 2,000 students riding…
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