Youngstown schools eye slashing more bus routes

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown City School District’s transportation department says it can trim $180,000 a year off student transportation costs by reducing the number of daily bus routes from 51 to 41.

Steve Ambrosio, chief of transportation for the district, told the school board’s Business Committee today that Youngstown has been gradually trimming the number of routes over the past several years as student enrollment declined. The district has lost 3,000 students over the last several years, he said.

The latest reduction proposal comes as the committee is looking for ways to cut the district’s $5 million annual transportation bill.

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