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Transportation costs rise: Monroe‑Woodbury projects 12% increase in contract transport and buys to replace aging fleet
Summary
Director Jessie Lazar told the board on Feb. 19 that contract transportation costs are projected to rise about 12% next year, driving most of an 11.6% departmental budget increase and prompting equipment replacements for a 20‑year‑old plow/salt truck and a garage lift.
Jessie Lazar, director of transportation, presented detailed drivers behind the proposed 2025‑26 transportation budget on Feb. 19, describing increases in contract transportation, planned equipment replacements and status of cooperative contracts.
Lazar said contract transportation demand and costs have risen: pupil counts for contract routes (resident pupils attending nonpublic and out‑of‑district placements) are up and commodity prices and CPI adjustments have increased per‑pupil…
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