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Board reviews aging bus and vehicle fleet; trustees urge exploring financing to lock prices
Summary
Operations staff recommended the board consider replacing vehicles older than 12–13 years and explore financing to hedge inflation and tariffs; a quoted 42‑passenger special‑education bus cost was $183,784 and a maintenance truck replacement was quoted at about $60,694 (later negotiated to about $58,000).
Greendale — District operations staff told the school board June 2 that several fleet vehicles are reaching the end of their useful lives and asked for guidance on whether to pursue piecemeal replacement or secure coordinated financing.
The district reported 14 vehicles with an average age of 11 years and at least two maintenance trucks dating to 2000–2002. A maintenance truck…
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