District will pay $575,000 for property which is currently leased by First Student.
The St. Charles School District's Board of Education has taken another step toward operating its own transportation system by purchasing a 2.2 acre property to use as a bus parking lot. The school district will pay $575,000 for the land, located at 3061 Mercantile Drive in north St. Charles. Superintendent Randy Charles said right now First Student leases the property. The district contracts with the company for bus service. The property is owned by 501 Partnership. Its last assessed market value was $162,480, according to St. Charles County Assessor's online property search database. In the fall, Charles told First Student the district would be running its own bus system starting with the 2011-12 school year. The board voted …
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New St. Charles School District Bus Lot
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New times coincide with district takeover of school bus operations.
Starting next fall, some students in the St. Charles School District will board buses before the sun rises and others will get home from school after the sun sets. The St. Charles Board of Education approved the change as part of an effort to cut $3.5 million from the 2011-12 budget. Class will start at 7:20 a.m. for both high schools, Lewis and Clark Career Center and Hardin Middle School. Jefferson Intermediate School, Null Elementary and Coverdell Elementary will start class at 8:05 a.m. Start times for the district's other elementary schools will be 8:50 a.m. Ending times are 2:20 p.m., 3:05 p.m. and 3:50 p.m., respectively. Going from two start times to three will allow the district to use fewer buses. Each bus driver will run three …
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anonymous
12:18 am on Tuesday, January 18, 2011
2.2 acers is worth closer to 1.4 mil. My house is worth more than 163,000.00. Thought the dist. was short on $? Why not lease? Dist. can't run busses for 2.2 mil. & will not compare apples to apples. F. S. bid is 270,000.00 more, not 500,000+. For that amount they take on huge liabilities the dist. can't afford . The dist. will dump great mechanics & drivers because they won't pay enough but the … more ›