MUNCIE, Ind. – Muncie Community Schools canceled their contract Tuesday with the company that has helped to create the district’s bus routes.
The School Board of Trustees voted to cancel the contract with True Consultants, but will continue working with Auxilio, the district’s bussing company.
The district was forced to cancel classes on the second and third day of school due to major busing issues.
Parents said on the first day of school, the busses were late picking up their children and bringing them back home. District officials said many of the bus routes were wrong and about 20 percent of the staff quit days leading up to the first day of school.
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Some parents said they had difficulty finding out information about which bus their child would ride.
Bus and route issues occurred during the same time administrators began formulating a plan on how they would deal with an $11 million deficit. Muncie Community Schools also lost more than 140 teachers who resigned or retired over the past year.
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