Fall River Public Schools has needed to accommodate students arriving to the district at the same time it contends with increasing expenses — especially the cost of transporting students to and from school. 

A joint meeting between the City Council and the School Committee on April 8 was intended to spark dialogue between members of the school board and councilors, and it lived up to its promise when it came time to unpack public school system’s budget line items, including the $13,118,324 transportation budget, with additional costs that add to $15,876,000, set aside to solve busing problems. 

Transportation costs are reported on the “school side” of a dual ledger between the city and school budgets, but the city remains responsible for most of it.

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