When is it right to lease? When is it right to buy? The answer: it depends. By financing your equipment purchases over a number of years, your school district can acquire and put into service more buses than would be possible if the District were to pay the entire purchase price in a single upfront cash payment. Financing dramatically increases a school district's ability to modernize an aging fleet of school buses. A lease/purchase program can give your district:

• a mechanism to be more responsive to your school community's needs,
• lower the cost of bus ownership through reduced operating costs,
• increase child safety, and  
• reserve capital outlay monies for other needs within the district

Your local bank, Blue Bird Financial Services and financial contacts through Kansas Truck Equipment Company can help you get the most for your District's dollars.