Even after state regulators found more than 600 safety and procedural violations by school bus service First Student in the past two years, the Seattle school district has decided to extend its contract with the company.
The district tells KIRO Newsradio that they had an open request for proposals from school bus companies and only had two bids, First Student and Zum Services.
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The proposals were evaluated and scored on multiple points by an interdepartmental SPS team including operations, transportation, and finance.
The scores were close and resulted with First Student receiving the highest score.
First Student has
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