BUSD approves short-term pact for bus transportation to Rancho Viejo

The Bonsall Unified School District (BUSD) has approved an agreement with First Student to provide short-term bus transportation for students living in the Rancho Viejo community.

A 5-0 BUSD board vote Aug. 11 approved the agreement in which the school district will pay First Student $338.26 per day for an estimated 39 school days. The daily rate covers two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, and the school district will pay First Student $29.21 per hour for any services in excess of the daily round trips.

"Its approval was needed to be able to have a service for a bus driver,...