Fort Wayne Community Schools · Cooperative Programs

paymentsSpend

$2,198,080

Contracts/Partnerships $84,044

Buses $2,114,036

savingsSavings & Benefit

$76,800

Contracts/Partnerships $16,800

Buses $60,000

tuneSavings Method

Vendor Contracts off list price

Child Nutrition 10% off list

School Buses $5,000 each

Contract rates are negotiated per vendor and run 0–65%. Each vendor below shows the rate applied to it.

directions_busSchool Buses

12

savings $60,000 saved

Vendor Utilization

2 of 7 categories used by Metro-tier peers engaged

High 0

Occasional 2

Not yet 5

schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years

School BusesMedical Supplies

add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Metro-tier peers use these — consider exploring

ChromebooksOffice SuppliesTechnologyFurnitureOnline Marketplace

Bus Vendors

Fort Wayne Community Schools · FY 25–26 · 2 chassis vendors, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

Blue Bird $5,000 per bus

$2,010,772· $55,000

Thomas $5,000 per bus

$103,264· $5,000

Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

All Other Vendors

Fort Wayne Community Schools · FY 25–26 · 2 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

Deere and Company Sourcewell est. 20% — rate pending

$83,865· $16,773

Other vendors · scaled to the largest below

School Health Medical Supplies 13% off list

$179· $27

Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

Services most peers use that Fort Wayne Community Schools doesn't

~$108,168/yr

potential savings from 3 untapped categories

Chromebooks

50% of peers use · median peer spend $313,064
Technology

50% of peers use · median peer spend $209,106
Furniture

33% of peers use · median peer spend $98,690

Potential savings assume this district spends at the peer median and earns standard co-op rates.

Coop Spend vs Your Tier

CIESC Metro-tier districts · FY 25–26

Total coop spend — tier ranking

Tippecanoe School Corp

$5,595,313

MSD Wayne Township

$4,317,076

South Bend Community School Corp

$2,667,012

Fort Wayne Community Schools YOU

$2,198,080

Indianapolis Public Schools

$181,508

Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp

$3,143

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships

$84,044 · median $693,103

#5of 6

below median

Child Nutrition

awaiting FY-close data

—

pending

School Buses

$2,114,036 · median $1,725,276

#3of 6

at/above median

Annual Savings

Fort Wayne Community Schools · Cooperative Programs over time

Not enough history for a trend yet.

Purchases vs Savings

Spend and savings side-by-side · last 1 fiscal year· FY 25-26 excludes school-bus purchases (newly tracked this year — not in prior years)

Purchases Savings