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I read a few different articles such as https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/67/6717.asp https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/67/6717.asp and https://www.fbi.gov/news

by tristor 4mo ago

I read a few different articles such as https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/67/6717.asp https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/67/6717.asp and https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/corrupt-public-official-sentenced-082919 https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/corrupt-public-official-sen... It seems like it's not BusPatrol, but a company they acquired (Force Multiplier Solutions) that had corrupt leadership. I'm not sure how exactly that went down, or if the same people are still involved, but it does sound pretty bad. Apparently the corruption here caused the Dallas County Schools to go bankrupt and ultimately to be shut down and the school district split into other surrounding districts to take over.

senkora 4mo ago
This is the first that I'm hearing about this, but I don't think that your telling is quite right. The Dallas school district is "Dallas ISD", not Dallas County Schools. Dallas County Schools was apparently a school bus service provider that served many different school districts in the area. I don't know why they named it that... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Schools That situation looks pretty bad, but what happened was that a public school bus services provider went bankrupt, the school districts that it served became responsible for finding private replacement service providers, and residents of the service area had their property taxes raised to pay off the debt. No school districts went bankrupt or were split up, just school bus service providers.
- tristor 4mo ago
  Ah, I had misunderstood this based on the first article saying that "Dallas County Schools" went bankrupt and was dissolved via a voter referendum. Based on its name and the apparent requirement of a vote, I had understood this intuitively to be a school district. Thanks for the clarification.

by tristor 4mo ago

senkora 4mo ago

This is the first that I'm hearing about this, but I don't think that your telling is quite right. The Dallas school district is "Dallas ISD", not Dallas County Schools. Dallas County Schools was apparently a school bus service provider that served many different school districts in the area. I don't know why they named it that... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Schools That situation looks pretty bad, but what happened was that a public school bus services provider went bankrupt, the school districts that it served became responsible for finding private replacement service providers, and residents of the service area had their property taxes raised to pay off the debt. No school districts went bankrupt or were split up, just school bus service providers.

tristor 4mo ago
Ah, I had misunderstood this based on the first article saying that "Dallas County Schools" went bankrupt and was dissolved via a voter referendum. Based on its name and the apparent requirement of a vote, I had understood this intuitively to be a school district. Thanks for the clarification.