It looks like the School Department will be able to save the late bus, thanks to more students than expected paying to ride the regular bus.
The department's fiscal constraints had threatened to end late bus service this year, but school officials subsequently committed to finding a way to continue offering the popular bus.
At last night's School Committee meeting, Superintendent Wayne Ogden outlined four options regarding late bus service for middle and high school students: using a fee-based system in which all students pay about $10 per ride; partnering with GATRA; eliminating the late bus altogether; or funding the late bus through pay-to-ride bus fees. The late bus costs $40,000 a year to provide, and it runs from Monday to Friday.
Ogden recommended using pay-to-ride revenue to keep the service intact, to which the committee responded favorably.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here
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