School districts are being warned they might have problems getting fuel for school buses this week.

The State Department of Public Instruction says fuel vendors are saying that Hurricane Ike has disrputed their fuel supplies. This has left some school districts with only a day or two of fuel remaining.

While Wake says it's ok, Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools is in emergency mode after having not gotten two shipments of fuel. Charlotte has cancelled field trips, middle school sports and tutoring to conserve its supply. 

UPDATE

Read Charlotte's press release.

Wake doesn't have the longest bus rides in the state.

The latest DPI report shows that the average ride time for a Wake student this past school year was 19 minutes, unchanged from the 2006-07 school year. The state average is 24 minutes for bus riders.

The average distance of the longest 5 percent of student ride times in Wake was 9.75 miles, worse than the state average of 8 miles. But the average ride times of that 5 percent of students in Wake was 64 minutes, better than the state average of 74.43 minutes.