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Board approves lease-purchase for three buses after debate over activity-bus reliability and repair options
Summary
The board approved a lease-purchase resolution to acquire two 77-passenger school buses, one special‑needs bus and one 42-passenger activity bus (conventional style), with trustees instructing staff to study repairs/engine replacement options for two older activity buses.
The Edcouch-Elsa ISD board voted Monday to approve a lease-purchase resolution to obtain school buses, approving the purchase arrangement after staff recommended International-brand vehicles and reported favorable financing options.
Transportation consultant Juan Garcia, representing Region 1, told the board the district requested quotes and that manufacturers were struggling to supply transit-chassis (flat-nose) buses. Garcia recommended conventional-style buses (engine in front), and the board…
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