[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by Azred: This kind of crap just leaves a bad taste in my mouth! [img]graemlins/madhell.gif[/img] I know that even though this is America situations like this will continue to happen--people are people, after all--but I certainly don't like it. People like this bus driver are also our enemeies, because their actions threaten to destroy this country from the inside. I would not threaten to dissolve the bus contractor's contract, I would cancel it immediately. What is this school system's problem that they cannot offer their own buses, anyway? [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]

I don't know for certain why they use a contract service, but the most logical reason would be that is much cheaper to contract buses than to own. If they owned the buses, then the school system would also be responsible for all maintainance needed to keep them on the road. That means extra tax dollars for gas, tires, parts, repairs, and mechanics to keep the individual buses running. All of this would be in addition to the cost to purchase each bus in the first place.

I'm certain it is far cheaper to simply pay a contract fee to First Student (or some other contractor) and let them worry about all the maintainance and upkeep of the vehicles.