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SFUSD board approves replacement GPS system for school buses after staff says vendor went bankrupt
Summary
Board approved a district purchase of a replacement GPS and vehicle-inspection system for school buses after staff explained the prior vendor’s bankruptcy; total system cost cited at $241,000 reduced to a $79,000 first-year net cost after vendor buy-back and Laidlaw and vendor offsets.
After public questions from a bus drivers’ representative about cost and necessity, Chief Facilities Officer David Golden explained the district’s longstanding GPS system cannot be continued because the original vendor went bankrupt and the hardware and software are not interoperable with new systems.
Golden described the functionality of the replacement: real-time bus location and speed, verification of arrivals and departures, route…
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