Art Music and Athletics are not extras, they are very important to the community unfortunatly the frum community downplays these things , but it doesnt mean the other communties . In fact there is a state requirement for Art and music in the curriculum.
If you are going to get on the School board its your responsility to take care of everyone and that might mean paying for things you dont like or agree. Certainly there is a certain kind of “education” generally taught in public schools not generally taught by yeshivas, but it is very important for teens especially ones with raging hormones.
The issue isnt bussing, its seperate busing which costs extra because many times the same buses have to do almost the same route at least twice one for the boys and one for the girls.
As far as special ed, generally those students are usually just educated in public schools, however in Ramapo they are usually bused to Kiryat Joel (The frum ones) and The cost is about double what it would cost to educate them in the regular public schools (Not saying frum kids should go to public schools, but sending them to Kiryat Joel is very expensive)