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Board hears urgent bus-replacement and driver-pay proposals as fleet nears end of life
Summary
Staff said many school buses are aging, replacement cost is about $130,000 per vehicle, 15 buses are marked due for replacement and immediate needs are estimated at five vehicles; staff proposed moving drivers to a 5-hour daily pay rate to reflect route time.
Warren County school officials told the School Board that the division's vehicle fleet is aging and poses near-term operational risk unless replacements and maintenance investments are approved.
Staff presented a fleet-status summary showing multiple buses have reached replacement mileage and that the unit cost to replace a bus is about $130,000. "To replace one bus is around $130,000," a presenter said, adding the fleet…
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