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Transportation director reports increased ridership, route and staffing pressures
Summary
District transportation reported a rise in assigned riders, more regular routes and staffing pressures including reliance on substitute drivers and overtime; the department flagged capacity issues on Wednesdays, preschool routing challenges and planned fleet upgrades.
Denny, the district’s transportation presenter, told the Clear Creek Amana Community School District board that fall 2025 ridership and route demand increased compared with prior years and that staffing and route-time pressures remain the top operational issues.
Denny reported an increase of 1,878 students assigned to routes compared with recent years and said regular routes rose to 60 this year from 57. "We are up 1,878 students in our system...Ridership is up. I will say that we have full buses," he said. He told the board Wednesday afternoons were the most challenging, with some elementary buses routed to capacity and overflow runs needed for middle- and high-school…
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