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Contract AwardTransportationDetected Jun 10, 2026

The board is recommended to accept a bid from Masters Transportation to purchase a used 2022 Blue Bird bus for 96900, alongside the disposal of Bus #3 and Bus #7. The Transportation Director’s report highlights a busy season, driver staffing changes, and concerns about transporting baseball, softball, and golf teams to off‑campus practices, plus a future “Bus Barn” noted as a goal. This decision identifies Masters Transportation and Blue Bird as the current vehicle providers while signaling broader fleet and facility planning needs. Vehicle, fleet‑management, and facility vendors can treat this as incumbent intelligence on rolling stock and explore opportunities around telematics, maintenance, routing software, or future capital projects like a bus barn or additional activity vehicles.

Bus #3 and #7 will be disposed of, with proceeds going to the capital outlay fund, suggesting active...

Riley County Unified School District 378New used school bus acquisition from Masters Transportation

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Transportation

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Capital plan & early discussion

Next 1–2 Q

Scoping & vendor outreach window

6–18 mo

RFP / solicitation posted

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Award & contract

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