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SCHOOL TRIPPERS <br /> At the present time, seven (7)buses are dedicated to providing direct service to Eisenhower and <br /> MacArthur High Schools for attending students. The buses are 23 years old and need to be <br /> retired due to the high cost of maintenance and poor dependability. When they are retired, the <br /> bus fleet will not be sufficient to continue the school trippers. <br /> The proposed enhanced service requires more buses than are being used today. If we were to <br /> continue the school trippers, our spare fleet would be reduced to one (1)bus, which by industry <br /> standards is unacceptable. <br /> DPTS has initiated contact with school officials and offered to work with them to integrate <br /> students into our regular route schedules or anything else we can do to provide transportation that <br /> does not require additional buses. Despite the proposed implementation date of May O1, 2002 <br /> for the enhanced service, we will continue to operate the seven (7) school trippers until the end of <br /> the present school year. <br />� <br />