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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Apparently electric buses was a waste. Read the news.[/quote]

Electric buses are cheaper in the long run because of lower maintenance— they just cost more upfront. That’s why MCPS was able to find a contractor who said they would front the upfront costs in return for long term savings. It was a win-win, unless you think MCPS should have kept the long term savings for themselves.

Now the IG is reporting the contractor might have difficulties supplying the buses, maybe because demand is so high. That’s not great but it doesn’t tell me anything about whether the original decision was reasonable or if the delay will cost MCPS anything.

But the people who hate MCPS (or more likely hate all public schools) just throw crap against the wall because they don’t need to have an intelligent discussion they just need to complain. [/quote]

Tell us you didn’t read the report.[/quote]
NP here
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/07/electric-school-buses-led-to-millions-in-wasteful-spending-montgomery-co-ig-says/

According to the article, the problem wasn't the electric bus contract itself, but the failure of the vendor to provide the busses on time and in good condition. There was a subsequent failure on MCPS part to not follow up on contract penalties of $372,000, which I would agree was wasteful. In the short term, MCPS may have spent more than they would have if they purchased diesel busses, but in the long term they should still show a cost savings.

I don't think the order of 90 diesel school buses for $14.7 million can be counted as "wasteful" - they have to purchase new busses periodically. The reason for diesel instead of electric for that order was the shortage of electric busses.  [/quote]

Thank you!  Someone actually read and comprehended.  [/quote]

These MCPS karens won't read anything and are just looking to point fingers. It's how they fill their empty lives.[/quote]

The Inspector General is just looking to point fingers?[/quote]

The MCPS defenders don’t do well with common sense and logic.[/quote]

Nor do the MCPS obsessed Karens who complain about anything and everything.[/quote]

[b]Except people complaining are hoping to motivate improvement in the system.[/b]  The people who insist that MCPS is a stellar school system are just engaging in self-delusion to comfort themselves.  [/quote]
No, they are not[/quote]

The people obsessing about this minutiae seem a little unhinged. MCPS is a large schools system with a massive budget something are bound to wrong but 99% it doesn't.[/quote]

Hi, the Inspector General reprimanding MCPS for spending millions of dollars it shouldn't have had to spend and failing to fine a a vendor for hundreds of thousands of dollars it should have fined its vendor for missed deadlines on is not "obsessing about minutiae."

How do you not grasp how big of a deal this is? I don't get it.[/quote]

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