Fuel Prices Drive School Bus Worries

As gasoline prices soar to record levels at the close of summer, school administrators are crunching numbers before classes start, figuring out how to pay for fuel-guzzling buses to transport students.

Gas prices across the nation have increased on average by 18 cents in the past week, the biggest one-week jump since the Energy Department began compiling the data 15 years ago. Although area school systems, like county governments, get diesel fuel for buses at a price lower than retail value, their prices still increase with the changes in the market.

Washington Post