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New buses on the way for Franklin County Schools

The Franklin County Board of Education approved the purchase of 44 new buses at the board's December 5th meeting.

The buses will be purchased from International at a cost of $84,703.18 per bus after a $5,000 rebate per bus is applied. The propane school buses will replace 44 aging buses in the system's inventory, according to assistant superintendent Donald Borden.

Franklin County Schools will keep 12 of those buses to be used for substitute buses, Borden said, and the others will be sold.

Borden recommended to the board the purchase of International buses because of the past reliability of the brand.

We have had success with the Allison transmission in those buses and I strongly encourage you to go with International,” Borden said.

The system receives state funding for each bus that is less than 10 years into service, so the buses that will be replaced are nearing that cutoff, Borden said.

 

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