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District proposes three-tier bus schedule to reduce late routes, add instructional minutes
Summary
Transportation staff proposed a restructured three-tier bus routing plan for 2025-26, aiming to create more time between tiers, reduce driver fatigue, add unassigned drivers for daily coverage and free instructional minutes at secondary and elementary levels.
Chief Dave Newland, Chief Academic Officer Nathan Shaker and Transportation Executive Director Jared McKinney presented a proposed three-tier bus routing system that would take effect in the 2025-26 school year aimed at improving on-time performance, driver safety and instructional minutes.
McKinney said the current tiering compresses pickups and drop-offs so tightly that drivers begin each morning with a deficit of about 67 available driver-hours before absences, contributing to late PM pickups (the district reported an average 59.5% on-time PM pickup rate). The proposal…
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