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Board reviews independent transportation study that questions PED criticism and shows need for dozens more buses
Summary
An outside evaluation commissioned at the Public Education Department(PED) request found Rio Rancho Public Schools(RRPS) is operating efficiently on a four-tier schedule but would need substantially more buses to move to a three-tier schedule that state officials favor; the districtsaid it will press state leaders for resources.
An independent transportation evaluation requested by the New Mexico Public Education Department found Rio Rancho Public Schools is operating more efficiently than PED had asserted and that moving to a three-tier bell schedule would require dozens more buses.
The nut of the AlphaRoute report, presented by Mike Baker, the districtchief of operations, and discussed by Dr. Basu Cleveland, superintendent of Rio Rancho Public Schools, is that the district"is taking full advantage of its current 4 tier structure," and that AlphaRouterecommended two three-tier frameworks that would require between 86 and 95 buses, compared with the district's current fleet of 67 buses.
Why it matters: Bell schedules determine start times, instructional minutes and after-school activities. District leaders told the board the start-time consequences of a fourth tier (some elementary schools beginning near 9:20 a.m.) reduce students' instructional opportunities and limit participation in extracurriculars; a state-funded increase in…
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