First Student is our primary vendor, has been for several decades. Metro Transportation Network. You've maybe seen the buses that say MTN on the siderun a smaller number of buses for us. Type III, again we havesome hybrid services, we provide some van transportation, but mostly we contract out with six different providersand they're listed there. All these contracts expire July 30th.

The rate, the proposal came in at a 17% increase and you might remember thatfrom the March presentation, and it was through a lotof meetings with them and some significantnegotiating to get to that bring it from 17 down to 9.25%.

The vendor has to agree to aset of prices for that term, whether it's four years,five years, or 10 years. First Student wasn't willing to do that. We said, 'Well don't youwanna be in White Bear? I mean you could give us aknock-your-socks-off proposal.' Corporate, they tookeverything to corporate, which is in Cincinnatiand corporate came back and said this is the limit. We're not willing to go any further. The fact that they werehere, we were satisfied that the prices were probablyas good as we were gonna get.

I just want shout out to Safety Dave and the training does withthe drivers and the aides and I have a relative that lives near me, and I often meet this childon the bus and the drivers and the bus aide is a special needs student. Phenomenal, just they know the student, they know the family, theyknow the dog, they know me, they know the uncles, theaunts, they know everybody and they're so great. And I just have to say Iappreciate so much the safety and care because it'ssuch an important part of a student's day gettingto school, coming home and for parents to feel that their child, whether it's a general ed student or somebody that has, is more vulnerable to make sure they're delivered safely and they have a ride safely.