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HLWW looks at getting 2 new busses



Two new school busses should be purchased this year, recommended
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted (HLWW) Superintendent Riley Hoheisel at the
HLWW School Board meeting Tuesday.

The kindergarten bus has a lot of miles on it and is beginning
to rust out, although it is still safe, he said.

The schedule for bus purchases designates one diesel bus
per year, but the smaller one also needs to be replaced.

Busses currently run 12 routes, but Hoheisel said that
might have to be expanded to 13 again.

Hoheisel said it makes sense to do it now, before there
are any problems.

The transportation fund is in good shape, he said, and
it would be better than having to buy three in a year sometime down the
road.

With the life expectancy increased by having a diesel engine,
there may even be a year or two when the district doesn’t have to buy any
at all, he said.

The school board members all agreed, and approved a call
for bids on a route bus and a kindergarten bus.

Hoheisel said the board could look at the transportation
figures and the bids and make a final decision on the busses at a later
date.

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