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Board hears transportation update as members weigh trimming roughly $2 million busing line item
Summary
At a board meeting, transportation director "Mister Culver" outlined routing, private-school payments and McKinney‑Vento transport costs and presented options — rebidding contractors, owning buses, or subscription seats — while members urged caution about student safety and equity.
The Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education heard a transportation briefing from the district’s transportation lead, introduced by the chair as “Mister Culver,” that laid out the district’s current busing costs and potential ways to reduce a roughly $2 million annual transportation line item.
Culver told the board the district must balance safety, state rules and cost. “We have a 131 students currently within the 0 to 2 miles of their assigned school,” he said, and after accounting for students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch the number of students who could be removed from bus routes would be “about 80,” but many would lack safe sidewalks or shoulders to walk.
Why it matters: transportation is one of the district’s largest operating expenses. Culver said the district pays students who choose private or choice schools a state-set…
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