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School Committee backs five-year lease-to-own plan to support in-house busing transition

Framingham School Committee · December 4, 2024
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Committee members unanimously approved a motion to support a five-year lease-to-own contract for school buses to enable Framingham's transition to in-house busing; union representatives urged better pay and clearer communications for drivers and monitors.

The Framingham School Committee voted unanimously Dec. 4 to support the administration's recommendation to move forward with a five-year lease-to-own arrangement for school buses to facilitate a transition to an in-house transportation operation.

Committee members described the vote as a needed step to ensure buses are procured in time for summer programming and a July 1 service start. Superintendent Dr. Bob Tremblay told the committee the district has long planned to move to in-house busing and that the outstanding question discussed at a recent City…

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