Bus Briefs — 8/30/07
Students to pay $1 a day for school bus LAWRENCE, Mass. — Starting in October, Lawrence High School students will be charged $1 a day to ...
Students to pay $1 a day for school bus
LAWRENCE, Mass. — Starting in October, Lawrence High School students will be charged $1 a day to ride the school bus, or $180 per year. The fee, which is equal to the fare for local public transportation, was proposed to offset rising transportation costs. To read the full story, click here.
S.C. to install GPS on all school buses
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Starting next month, South Carolina school districts will install GPS technology on all school buses to track bus locations, stop times and travel speeds. Officials hope the systems will improve safety, as well as achieve financial and environmental savings, but critics say the state should spend money on new buses instead. To read the full story, click here.
Cuts in service could strand students
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The Cumberland County School Board recently eliminated eight buses that serve a local alternative school, saying it cost too much to run the buses. Parents complain that students have no other way to get to the school, which is the only facility where students can attend after being suspended for disciplinary problems. To read the full story, click here.
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