Schools struggle to fuel buses

Soaring fuel prices will cost Middle Tennessee school systems hundreds of thousands of dollars more just to keep buses running until the end of the school year.

To save fuel, bus drivers are being asked not to run their engines when they are parked, even for a short time.


The Williamson County school board on Monday approved dipping into the district’s fund balance, money that has been uncommitted, for an additional $250,000 to buy fuel.

The county commission has to give final approval.

“I think the $250,000 will get us through the year,” Leslie Holman, director of finance for Williamson County schools, told board members.

Wilson County schools face a similar fuel crisis.

Tennessean