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* State might procure new school buses
Beaufort,SC,USA -The Beaufort Gazette, by JONATHAN CRIBBS -Mar 28, 2006: -- Some Beaufort County students could find themselves in newer, safer school buses next school year if lawmakers approve two bills moving through the legislature... If both bills are signed by Gov. Mark Sanford, Beaufort and Jasper counties could receive about 20 new buses next year -- more than a twelfth of its fleet -- because the state wants to get a jump-start on replacing out-of-date vehicles, said Marshall Casey, director of maintenance at the office of transportation... If the legislature passed only the $26 million, he said, Beaufort and Jasper counties would get about 15 new buses next year...
* Herkimer school board weighs proposals on purchasing new buses
Herkimer,PA,USA -Allentown Morning Call,PA, by JENNIFER JONES -30 Mar 2006: -- New school buses are needed at for the Herkimer Central School District, district officials said during a regular school board meeting last week... Purchasing the four buses would cost $320,000, estimated at $80,000 each, over five years at an estimated 5 percent interest. The district would try to purchase the buses in July or August... The 2008-09 school year would be the third year of payment on the purchase of the four buses and the district would purchase two more buses... By the school year 2013-2014, the district would pay $184,000 to keep replacing buses on the 10-year cycle...
* District buys buses, but more needed, official says
Allentown,PA,USA -Allentown Morning Call, by Kevin Pentón -Mar 29, 2006: -- Saucon Valley School Board agreed Tuesday to buy two 10-passenger vans and a 24-passenger bus in part for increased trips to Bushkill Township when the Colonial Academy opens next school year... Wally Zimpfer, Saucon Valley's supervisor of campus operations, also requested seven 84-passenger buses to replace buses he considers ''money pits,'' but the school directors requested that district officials analyze whether it makes more sense to buy a $52,600 vehicle or regularly repair buses...
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