Editorial: Get on board with shared busing
The good news is that Edmonton Public Schools will save $600,000 this year by sharing 25 yellow bus routes with Edmonton Catholic Schools.
Instead of each district running half-empty buses to public and Catholic schools, often just metres apart, the public board is able to divert this money into the classroom from its transportation budget, set at $46.5 million last school year. Presumably, proportionate savings can be expected on the Catholic side, which set its transportation budget at $20.3 m
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