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RIDE presents busing consolidation plan to Chariho committee, cites pilot savings
Summary
The Rhode Island Department of Education representative laid out a three-phase plan to reduce transportation costs by using statewide capacity and optional route reviews; the presentation included data on student declines and rising costs and prompted committee questions on liability, contracts, and local impacts.
Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Chief Operations Officer Mario Carreno presented to the Chariho school committee on Oct. 21 a statewide approach intended to tame rising school-transportation costs.
Carreno told the committee that Rhode Island has about 23,400 fewer students than 20 years ago and that transportation costs are up about 61% over the past decade (20% since COVID in the most recent three-year period). "I can't think of anything worse than spending money on empty buses," he said, arguing the state and districts are often duplicating routes and paying for underused…
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