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Springfield Township SD staff to seek board approval to replace two aging buses
Summary
At a March 7 finance committee meeting, staff said they will seek a March 18 board motion to purchase two 84-passenger replacement buses after mechanics flagged structural and engine issues; an electric-bus pilot was paused earlier because of cost and depot infrastructure constraints.
Springfield Township School District finance staff told the district finance committee on March 7 that they will ask the board to authorize purchase of two replacement 84‑passenger buses at the March 18 board meeting if updated pricing is within expected parameters.
The committee heard that one bus is a 2005 Bluebird with “body rod issues” and other structural concerns that make it unlikely to pass future safety inspections, and the second is a 2009 Bluebird that uses a Caterpillar on‑road engine the district no longer has the diagnostic software to service efficiently. Miss Green, staff member, said, “If you remember, the last couple years, we were talking about electric buses,” but the district deferred several replacements when exploring an…
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