(08/17/11) - Flint Community Schools will continue to provide busing.
That from Board of Education president Antoinette Lockett Wednesday afternoon.
Lockett says the board ratified a tentative agreement with the union during a previous meeting and will continue busing services.
There were concerns they would be outsourced and jobs would be lost.
Howard Gordon, the staff attorney for the union representing bus drivers tells ABC12, he was informed by the school district's legal counsel that Flint Schools will not privatize bus transportation.
Earlier this month, Gordon had said if the district privatized, the new company or sub-contractor would likely lay-off the employees and they would have to re-apply for their jobs.
There's about 80 drivers currently, according to Gordon.
Gordon had said the union feared a new company would likely only hire back 50-60 of them.
He has said deep concessions were made by bus drivers following massive state cuts to public education.
It's not clear what those concessions are at this point.
Lockett wasn't able to provide the information and we were not able to reach Gordon again.
Thursday, May 23 2013 12:47 PM EDT2013-05-23 16:47:51 GMT
(05/22/13) - It's life in prison for three people convicted in the carjacking and murder of Leslie Mills, in Flint Township, in March of 2012. Leslie's husband, Kevin Mills, addressed each one of them
It's life in prison for three people convicted in the carjacking and murder of Leslie Mills, in Flint Township, in March of 2012.
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:35 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:35:38 GMT
(05/23/13) - Three months after the federal sequester went into play, slashing pay and saving the federal government money, a Flint congressman is leading the charge to reverse it all. Since the beginning,
Three months after the federal sequester went into play, slashing pay and saving the federal government money, a Flint congressman is leading the charge to reverse it all.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:33 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:33:22 GMT
(05/23/13) - The man who police believe killed his mother and sister was back in a Saginaw County courtroom Thursday morning. Stephon Roby has been in police custody since shortly after the bodies of
The man who police believe killed his mother and sister was back in a Saginaw County courtroom Thursday morning.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:04 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:04:17 GMT
(05/23/13) - Thursday, Michigan senators honored our fallen military heroes. It was the 19th annual State Senate Memorial Service. Special guest Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of Vassar was the keynote
Thursday, Michigan senators honored our fallen military heroes.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:00:53 GMT
(05/23/13) - The Back to the Bricks committee is adding another element to the huge event in Flint in mid-August. Artists will be encouraged to use car hoods to create pieces of art. The new event
The Back to the Bricks committee is adding another element to the huge event in Flint in mid-August.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:00 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:00:15 GMT
(05/23/13) - A chili cook-off will be held this Saturday from 12-3 p.m. at the Flint Farmers' Market to raise money for an important cause. Several area chefs will be on hand to cook their favorite chili
A chili cook-off will be held this Saturday from 12-3 p.m. at the Flint Farmers' Market to raise money for an important cause.
Thursday, May 23 2013 12:58 PM EDT2013-05-23 16:58:42 GMT
(05/23/13) - The parents of a 1-year-old Flint boy left unattended in a bathtub were in court Thursday morning. Nineteen-year-old Callie Csercsa and 29-year-old Jeremy Wise were formally charged with
The parents of a 1-year-old Flint boy left unattended in a bathtub were in court Thursday morning.
