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Board signs temporary outsourcing agreements to address bus driver shortage; High Roads route contracted at $57,100 per month
Summary
Marion City Schools approved three MOUs enabling the district to contract transportation services for specific routes and extended the field‑trip bidding window; the board also approved a Jan.–June 2025 contract with Ohio Specialty Services to run the High Roads student route at about $57,100 per month.
The Marion City Schools Board on Dec. 16 approved three memoranda of understanding that allow the district to contract student transportation for specific routes and approved a temporary contract to outsource one High Roads route to an external vendor.
Superintendent Jeff Murphy described the three MOUs as short‑term responses to a statewide shortage of bus drivers. The MOUs—each effective Jan. 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025—authorize the district to contract out transportation for: the High Roads school route; a van route for students attending…
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