Schools cutting bus service because of fuel prices

School administrators are spinning their wheels trying to cope with the soaring costs of fuel for school buses. The bottom line: More students will walk farther this fall.

“All the less drastic measures have pretty much been exploited,” says Robin Leeds of the National School Transportation Association. “All that sort of easy-picking fruit has been picked.”


Fuel costs are up 35%-40% since last year. Schools are making more students walk to school and axing buses for extracurricular activities, and more operate on four-day weeks: