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Brentwood UFSD transportation presentation: budget rise, safety-zone study and proposed bus proposition
Summary
District staff presented a $42.5 million proposed transportation budget (a 9.01% increase), described safety-zone modeling that could add about 13 buses at an estimated $1.3 million (requiring a separate voter proposition), and detailed safety and operational improvements including AI cameras, CPI training and added electric buses.
At the Jan. 22 Brentwood Union Free School District budget workshop, transportation staff reviewed operations, safety work and a proposed transportation budget increase.
Presenters described the district’s contracting and daily operations: the district contracts with Suffolk Transportation Service for the majority of routes (staff clarified that county-managed DSS residential locations are served under a separate contract managed by Swissport and town-bus subcontractors), and the district runs approximately 109 large buses, 173 minibuses and 15 wheelchair-accessible buses on a typical day. Staff reported that buses transport roughly 16,676 student trips to 18 district schools, 22…
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