A requirement for sexual assault and molestation insurance has more than doubled the cost of hiring buses to take Saugus High School students to and from the senior prom later this spring, the class president said.
The initial price quote from the first bus company the seniors tried came in at $4,000 for four buses. But that company didn't have the required insurance. From a bus company that does have it, the cost zoomed to $8,500 plus a $750 fee for an on-site supervisor, senior class president Jessica Bremberg told the Saugus School Committee, the elected board that oversees the town's public schools.
Thanks to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, you can no longer pay cash for a ticket to many Massachusetts high school sports playoff games.
That's because the MIAA handles ticketing for its postseason tournament games, and the state's high school athletic governing body requires people to purchase tickets to these games on a smartphone app called GoFan (and its web site).
