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Rapphannock’s School Board members thought they were being prudent when they bought a 1986 Dodge Ram van to ferry cheerleaders, cross country teams, Pop Quiz competitors, youngters in the special pre-school program, classes on field trips, and other small groups of students.
And for two years, the transportation budget has realized a savings, both in wear on the bus fleet and fuel expenses, by running the van instead of the bigger buses. But on Tuesday the Board learned that the State Department of Education has decreed that the van can no longer be used to transport pupils.
According to a Jan. 12 letter from R. A. Bynum, associate director of pupil transportation services, the department began for the first time in 1987-88 to assess “non-school buses” along with the approved school bus fleet and decided to enforce federal school vehicle regulations promulgated in 1977. Those regulations and “Superintendent’s Memorandum Number 22 Regulatory, dated August 15, 1984,” preclude use of' vans such as Rappahannock’s for the transportation of students, the letter notes.
According to Superintendent David Gangle, the van can continue to be used for transporting teachers. In addition, the state Department of Ed
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