Spokane, Wash. — Board members from Spokane Public Schools (SPS) considered a $600,000 contract on Wednesday night for routing software as the district moved ahead with a $30 million investment in a new bus fleet.
The school board approved the fleet decision in December and began working on a compressed timeline to make that shift happen.
Dr. Adam Swinyard, the SPS superintendent, explained that the decision was tied to the way the state allocated funding to school districts. He also said recent changes made it more expensive for the district to keep contracting through Zum School Services…