Could NK Schools Find Big Savings in Bus Services?
The North Kingstown School Committee looked at an audit of the schools transportation services.
An audit of the North Kingstown School Department’s transportation services may yield almost a quarter-million dollars in savings for the district with its recommendation. This Tuesday, the North Kingstown School Committee looked at an audit from TransPar Group, which looked at bus routes, efficiency and cost analysis. The report made three major recommendation – reducing one full-size bus from regular rotation, reduce runs for students attending private schools Monsignor Clarke and The Prout School from two buses to one, and consolidating minibus runs. In total, these recommendations could save the district up to $242,400. NK’s student transportation services are split into two categories: 21 full-size contracted buses (providing bus …
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10:08 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
The mentality of, "The answer is NO... what's the question?" in relation to the bus issue will get us nowhere - fast. It's up to Dr. Auger and SC members to work smarter, not harder to collectively create solutions that will positively impact NK families. A great step in the right direction was to have TransPar scrutinize the trans. system in place. Contracting out bus services is a great idea … more ›