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Board tables full bus purchase after cost questions, approves single Stanley bus
Summary
After rejecting a district-wide bus purchase, the Flambeau School Board voted to table a broader purchase to gather cost comparisons and then approved buying one bus from Stanley with first payment deferred until after July 1, 2026.
The Flambeau School District Board of Education debated a proposal to purchase new buses before voting first to reject a full purchase and then to acquire a single vehicle. An initial motion to approve the School Bus Purchase Proposal failed 6-1; board members asked staff for a comparison of total cost versus contracting out services, alternatives for a smaller bus, and route-by-route student counts.
Following that vote, the board voted 7-0 to table the broader purchase pending the requested cost comparisons and route information. The board later approved a separate motion to purchase one bus from Stanley, with the first payment scheduled after July 1, 2026. Laura Dutter-Nelson and Lana Nelson were among the members who pressed for additional fiscal detail during the discussion; the final single-bus motion was moved by Jennifer Heath and carried unanimously.
