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Posted: Monday, July 2nd, 2012 9:02 AM HST

School Bus Cuts spare East Hawai`i

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

Nearly 2,400 students statewide will no longer be offered school bus service in the coming school year. In all, 103 routes serving 51 schools (including 20 elementary schools) statewide will be affected by the cuts, which are part of an effort to close a $17 million budget shortfall for student transportation. No East Hawai`i service will be terminated, but two routes serving 96 students at Waikoloa Elementary and Middle School will be cut.