Low Gas Prices Are Saving School Bus Companies In NY, PA Thousands of Dollars

06.19.12 | Sarah Harnisch

Low gas prices are making school districts in Pennsylvania and New York ecstatic. School superintendants are finalizing their 2012-2013 budgets. Jeffrey Zweibel, the superintendant in Pottsville, Pennsylvania says he budgeted 10-percent more in 2012, because he thought gas would cost more, but it actually cost less then last year; 33-cents a gallon less. Buses typically get 10 miles to the gallon in town. That means busing companies in both states are saving tens of thousands of dollars.