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Board approves yearlong plan to keep Carlos for routes and hire Dakota Bus for activities
Summary
After a transportation committee recommendation, the board approved staying with Carlos for regular route busing and contracting Dakota Bus for activity busing for the 2026–27 year; the motion passed by voice vote and administration was directed to track the arrangement through the year.
The Custer School District 16-1 board approved transportation recommendations to retain Carlos for regular route busing and to contract Dakota Bus for activity busing for the coming school year.
Transportation committee reporting (S2) said the district is in the final year of its Carlos contract and that committee members recommended staying with Carlos for routes while using Dakota Bus for activities this year only, then monitoring performance. "As the transportation committee, we're gonna recommend that we stay with Carlos for our route busing and go with Dakota Bus for activity busing this year only, and then keep track of it through the year and see how it goes," S2 said.
Administrator (S6) gave background on the committee discussion and noted the board had considered whether to purchase an executive bus but left that as an option for future consideration. Following a motion made by S2 and a second, the board approved the contract motion by voice vote; no individual roll‑call was recorded in the transcript.
Board members asked staff to return performance data and cost comparisons after one year to inform future contracting or vehicle‑purchase decisions.
