[Mike Martus]

Many school districts have rules regarding private busses because they have outsourced their bus service and have exclusive contract provisions.

Pontiac is just such a case. Any trip less than 200 miles requires us to use the contract bus service. They are more expensive and the busses are not comfortable since they are just yellow regular school busses.

I would prefer to use Seniors Unlimited - a local private Pontiac bus company that has some very nice units. We use them for long trips such as to Atlanta.

When we make our contract we negotiate the conditions. I usually get the driver a room so they are with us. The bus is at our use all day if we need it. The driver usually becomes a team member, I give them team shirts and they join the students in the stands. They become a team member.

The driver covers their own personal expenses and food expenses. We do often invite them to join us for late night pizza.

Over the years one special driver - Lois - have taken a huge interest to our team. She requests that she be our driver. As a result she knows the students and staff and plans stops and events that are of interest on long trips.

Seniors Unlimited has some of the best "State of the Art busses" and are very affordable. I would recommend them to anyone in the Michigan Area.

Contact me if you want more information.