Schools study partial busing / Costly contract drives move to bus in-house
By Dakarai I. Aarons, Memphis Appeal (TN), July 24, 2007
Memphis City Schools is looking at bringing part of its busing in-house.
......... When the district's more than $20 million a year busing contract with LaidLaw ends in 2009, the cost is likely to go up by more than 20 percent because of the lack of competition, said Michael Goar, the district's chief operating officer.
....... The district has often come under fire for its longstanding contract with Laidlaw, which has been criticized as overpriced.