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More than half of surveyed school districts reported that this year's cost of diesel was over their allotted budget, with 14% of those districts reporting costs running more than 20% over budget.
The survey, conducted by the School Superintendents Association, looked at the cost of diesel for school bus fleets and how they were filling the gaps in the inflated landscape.
Some measures included consolidating bus routes to save money, which 40 percent of the districts did, with about a quarter reducing the number of routes.
Other options included limiting non-required trips, like field trips.
When students and teachers logged onto Canvas last week in the middle of final season, many were met with a black screen with a note from a ransomware group demanding money in exchange for control back of the platform.
The platform came back online a short while later, but the state of the stolen data remained a question for a few days.
Now, Instructure, the parent company of the software, has released a statement saying an agreement was met with the bad actors in exchange for return of the data, destruction of data, and promises for no extortion of any Instructure customers.
The statement did not say whether payment was involved in the deal.
When students and teachers logged onto Canvas last week in the middle of final season, many were met with a black screen with a note from a ransomware group demanding money in exchange for control back of the platform.
The platform came back online a short while later, but the state of the stolen data remained a question for a few days.
Now, Instructure, the parent company of the software, has released a statement saying an agreement was met with the bad actors in exchange for return of the data, destruction of data, and promises for no extortion of any Instructure customers.
The statement did not say whether payment was involved in the deal.
Students and teachers saw a black screen when they logged onto Canvas on Thursday with a message stating that a ransomware group had hacked the platform.
demanding money in exchange for students' data.
This is just the latest in a recent string of cyber attacks targeting young people.
Dozens of school districts have reported hacks in the last few years.
Canvas is back online, and for immediate concerns, like whether students will get their grades on time or if exams can take place,