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Gwinnett County Schools: $3.2 million to buy 37 school buses

Gwinnett County’s school system is purchasing more school buses like this one to update its aging fleet. AJC FILE PHOTO

Credit: Kent Johnson

Credit: Kent Johnson

Gwinnett County’s school system is purchasing more school buses like this one to update its aging fleet. AJC FILE PHOTO
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Oct 21, 2016

Gwinnett County school board members on Thursday approved a staff proposal to spend about $3.2 million to purchase 37 school buses.

Nineteen of the buses will carry a capacity of 48 students while the other 18 buses can seat as many as 72 students, according to school district records.

Gwinnett administrators have said the district has an aging school bus fleet and needs newer vehicles. The average age of a Gwinnett school bus is 17 years old, nearly twice the national average, officials said in a presentation earlier this year. The district purchased 13 school buses in June for about $1 million.

Gwinnett has claimed to have the largest district-owned school bus fleet in the nation.

You can find test scores, graduation rates and other critical information about your school at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s new Ultimate Atlanta School guide.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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