Controversy prompts superintendent to pull recommendation from agenda

Ledger-Enquirer: September 14, 2015

The Muscogee County School District’s superintendent canceled his recommendation to buy 30 propane-fueled buses for $3.1 million after his proposal blew up over the weekend, sparking more controversy at the school board’s work session Monday night.

Instead, to save transportation costs and modernize a mostly outdated bus fleet, the administration plans to present a “dual fuel strategy” at next month’s board meeting, said superintendent David Lewis. The district would buy a mix of buses, some that run on propane and others that run on compressed natural gas, also known as CNG, to conduct its own…