Hampton-Dumont to replace buses in fiscal year

After two district buses failed inspection, the board will order two buses before end of fiscal year
     Following the report of two failed bus inspections within the Hampton-Dumont fleet, the district currently faces the scenario in which it has no back-up buses in the event one should be inoperable.
     Transportation Director Dan Schipper told the board that the district had a scare when the brakes froze up on one of the buses two weeks ago, but thankfully he was able to repair it. If he couldn’t the district would have been without a route bus.
     The immediate need for a reserve bus is apparent to the board, however, a new bus would take approximately four months to receive, once bids are let, putting the district at April or May when the bus is available. Superintendent Todd Lettow said that a reserve bus would be needed regardless, making bus rental imperative.
     While a reserve bus would be needed to get through the end of the year, Lettow said that the district still needs another bus for the additional in-town route that surveys showed is wanted.
     Read the full article in the December 28 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.