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Updated May 19, 2010
 Voters
approved a separate proposition on May 18, asking
voter permission to purchase three 66-passenger buses for
$294,000. Schalmont is eligible for state aid reimbursement on a
portion of that cost, so the real cost to the district would be
$117,600.
Schalmont’s current fleet will not increase because older buses
will be traded in towards the purchase of new buses.
This proposition is part of an ongoing
bus replacement plan designed to keep the district
transportation program up-to-date and buses in safe, working
order.
Each year Schalmont buses together rack up more than
600,000 miles transporting students. The bus replacement plan takes advantage of the trade-in
values of older, heavily used buses before they exceed their
life expectancy. It also provides students with new buses
constructed based on the latest safety standards.
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