School Bus Fleet, June 2018
20 SCHOOL BUS FLEET JUNE 2018 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COMceded and let those come to us The vendors got these buses from everywhere they could Fleet replacement from afar To replenish the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools fleet on such short notice Reese worked with Ross Bus Equipment Sales a Blue Bird dealer in Alexandria and Kent Mitchell Bus Sales Service a Thomas Built Buses dealer in Hammond Both dealers located and shipped buses from throughout the country to the district Because of school bus regulations specific to the state of Louisiana veWhen floodwaters hit Louisiana in August 2016 the effects were devastating The flood damaged an estimated 110000 homes and 100000 vehicles resulting in more than 10 billion in losses Its impact on the states school system restricted 265000 students access to education That flood happened only a couple days after the beginning of the school year says Gary Reese chief of student support services for East Baton Rouge Parish Schools It flooded eight of our schools and three administrative sites In addition to floodwaters closing schools and affecting 30 of the parishs students and staff Reese says the school systems transportation department lost 114 buses out of a fleet of about 650 delaying school through Labor Day Within the first weeks after the waters receded East Baton Rouge Parish Schools purchased 68 school buses to bolster the diminished fleet I went straight to the vendors and said I need buses and I need them now Reese says They did a search across the nation and found new buses Some of them Im told were due for other school systems that very graciously conFollowing a 2016 flood that devastated the state East Baton Rouge Parish Schools saw a chance to replace its damaged diesel buses while shifting to a propane fleet By Clayton Wong Editorial Assistant Louisiana Fleet Finds Opportunity After Flooding FLEET REPLACEMENT
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