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MMSD transportation reports improved reliability, launches pilot for special-education route tracking
Summary
District transportation staff reported improved on-time performance and routing stability, outlined ridership and routing responsibilities, and said a pilot to roll out tracking for some special‑education routes will start after spring break with the goal of broad rollout by the 2025–26 school year.
Assistant Director Vanessa Cruz and Senior Executive for Building Services Scott Jacker briefed the Operations Work Group on transportation operations, routing, tracking and partnerships with providers.
Cruz said the transportation department is responsible for roughly 9,000 students: about 8,000 on yellow buses, nearly 600 on specialized routes and 335 students served through the Transitional Education Program (TEP); the TEP total includes approximately 471 4K students. She described the routing workload: one coordinator handles about 8,000 yellow-bus students; two coordinators handle specialized routes (roughly 600 students) and make an average of about 54 special-ed route changes per week.
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