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Stafford staff propose split elementary bell tiers to cut bus delays and coverages
Summary
Transportation staff proposed splitting elementary schools into two staggered bell tiers to improve on-time performance, reduce driver coverages and free up fleet capacity; the plan would shift some schools by 10-45 minutes, open a parent survey and return to the board March 18.
Stafford County schools presented a plan to split elementary bell times into two staggered tiers to reduce the number of bus route coverages, improve on-time arrivals and create backup capacity for driver absences.
Presenters said the change would keep the existing overall sequence of high school, elementary, middle school but divide elementary schools into Tier 2A (roughly 8:15 a.m. start) and Tier 2B (8:45 a.m. start). The proposal reserves middle- and high-school start times and aims to reduce the system's current 100% driver utilization level on many days.
Why this matters: Transportation staff told the board that, during a November'December sample window, driver and attendant absences required roughly 2,015 bus coverages and produced frequent downstream delays. Staff said mainstream driver availability is already heavily used and that splitting elementary tiers would reduce…
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