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September 15, 2005

Fuel costs challenging schools

Schools are feeling the pinch as fuel costs soar. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Just a few weeks into the school year, Ohio school systems are finding their budgets for diesel fuel for buses and propane or natural gas for building heat aren't adequate.

"If this keeps up, it'll cost us an additional $50,000 to $60,000 a year just for diesel," said Kyle Kanuckel, superintendent of River View Local Schools, in Coshocton County. River View is a rural district with about 2,600 students, but at 360 square miles is one of the state's largest in terms of terrain its buses cover. This week the district paid $2.52 a gallon for 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel - $1 more per gallon than a year ago.

South Carolina State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum announced last week that her agency has developed an agreement with a diesel-fuel vendor to rejuvenate thin supplies for state school buses. Hurricane Katrina damage to two pipelines has been a factor there, reports the Florence Morning News.

Posted September 15, 2005 10:35 AM

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