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Bossier Parish board approves $1.77 million purchase of 12 route buses to accelerate air‑conditioning and fleet renewal
Summary
The Bossier Parish board approved a $1,769,720.82 purchase of 12 new 77‑passenger route buses to reduce the number of aging, non‑air‑conditioned vehicles and test two vendors for reliability, district transportation director Aaron McGee said.
Bossier Parish school district officials voted unanimously by voice to approve a $1,769,720.82 purchase of 12 new 77‑passenger route buses, Director of Transportation Aaron McGee told the board during a regular committee meeting. The purchase will be split between Plyler International (Shreveport) and Bluebird, via Ross Bus Sales (Alexandria), to allow the district to compare vendor performance.
McGee said the proposal — to buy 10 standard route buses and two SPED buses with lifts — would allow the district to place air‑conditioned…
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