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Monday, July 09, 2012  In a budget driven move, the Kingsley School board voted Monday night to outsource and privatize some services. The school district had been looking at ways to trim more than $500,000 from its budget in order to make up for a decrease in state funding and school enrollment.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  We have a unique twist on our series, “Schools in Crisis,” a local district is using new technology to save every penny they can.

Monday, August 29, 2011  Districts all around Northern Michigan are spending millions of dollars just to get your kids to school. Providing busing costs a ton of money, so districts are finding new ways to limit the impact when it comes to their bottom lines.

Monday, August 15, 2011  Before we know it, the busses will be rolling, the lunches will be packed, and our kids will be back in the classrooms. So we decided to spend the next few weeks focusing our Fact Finders on back to school issues that your district maybe facing now, or soon will be. In this report, we take a look at "rainy day" funds.

Monday, May 10, 2010  The area's largest school system is making big changes to its transportation policy that will impact students, parents and staff.

Friday, February 26, 2010  An area school district prepares a list of budget cuts for the upcoming school year, and turning bussing over to a private company is on the list of options.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  A Leelanau County school is moving forward with its plan to out-source bussing for its students