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Transportation director reports fleet, routing and driver recruitment progress; district to shift back to clean diesel buses
Summary
District transportation staff reviewed fleet performance and operations, reported high safety-inspection scores, described challenges with compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, and said the district is transitioning to clean diesel and adding air-conditioned buses and routing tablets to improve service.
North Kansas City Schools transportation leaders told the school board on March 4 that the district has improved operations since the pandemic, is shifting the fleet strategy from compressed natural gas to clean diesel, and is investing in driver recruitment and routing technology.
Director Michael McClellan (transcript identifies him as Director McClellan/McClellan) said the district drove roughly 2.8 million miles last year and completed about 4,500 trips and activities, numbers he described as a return to pre-pandemic levels. He said the district's mechanics earned a Missouri Highway Patrol inspection score of 98.2% compared with a state average of 86%.
McClellan described a years-long experience with compressed natural gas buses that initially…
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