AUBURN — Northeast Charter, a private bus company that contracts with the Auburn School Department to provide student transportation, is reviewing its protocols to ensure drivers don’t leave children on the bus after a pre-kindergarten student was left alone in a parked bus Thursday. According to Auburn Superintendent Katy Grondin, a driver making a bus […]
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Arbitrator rules Auburn’s outsourcing bus drivers did not violate labor contract
AUBURN — A labor mediator has ruled that the School Department did not violate collective bargaining when it privatized its bus drivers to Northeast Charter of Lewiston. The School Committee voted last August to eliminate its transportation department positions, including 23 bus drivers, a mechanic and three bus aides. The union representing the bus drivers, […]
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One chance to weigh in: RSU 4 to hear private busing proposal Wednesday
WALES — The RSU 4 school board is poised to consider on March 12 whether to lay off 15 regular bus drivers and outsource busing next year for annual savings that could eventually equal $190,000. It will likely be the only time for public feedback before the decision goes ahead, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. RSU […]
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For the third time, Auburn to vote on school budget
AUBURN — Retiree Priscilla Miller voted against the Auburn school budget last month and in June. When she goes to the polls Tuesday — the third time this year — Miller said she’ll vote yes. “I don’t think they have it where it should be,” Miller said. “The deal is, it shouldn’t be more than […]