Ontonagon looks to buy school buses

ONTONAGON — Lisa Johnson, the new Ontonagon Area School District’s superintendent, attended her first Board of Education regular meeting on Monday. A major item on the long agenda was board approval of a resolution for a bond proposal on the November ballot to raise money to purchase four new school buses.

The new millage of .7 mills for five years, will replace an expiring .7 mills, explained Johnson.

The plan is to purchase four new buses over three years, replacing an aging fleet of buses.

Many items on the board agenda related to the opening of school for the year. The school lunch...