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Goose Creek CISD operations update: transportation trims routes; athletics reports playoff and academic highlights
Summary
Transportation said it reduced 27 routes and is using in‑district CDL testing; athletics summarized postseason results, participation, and academic performance across junior high and high school teams.
Goose Creek CISD operations staff updated trustees Monday on transportation changes and athletic department highlights as administrators prepare for the spring season and next school year.
Patricia Decote, the district’s director of transportation, reported the department reduced 27 routes year to year — a reduction the presentation estimated saved roughly 277,431 miles of driving and lowered total miles for the school year to just over 2,000,000 projected miles. Decote said the district has implemented a student/parent app and bus scanning for riders in order to improve route accuracy and parent notifications; high school scanning began Oct. 21, junior high Nov. 11, and elementary Jan. 13. She added Goose Creek CISD’s transportation department is an approved DPS third‑party testing facility for commercial driver licensing and that the district provides behind‑the‑wheel and written testing for prospective drivers.
Decote also reviewed field‑trip activity, shop maintenance procedures and observed fuel‑use trends; trustees asked questions about the per‑mile cost savings associated with reduced route miles and about whether fuel usage and costs will decline overall.
Athletic director Lee Martinez and staff offered a lighter‑tone, summary presentation of recent competitive and academic results across the district’s three high schools and junior highs. Martinez highlighted playoff appearances in volleyball and team tennis, Sterling’s multi‑round performance in tennis, and water polo playoff advances. He also reported academic achievement among athletes: Cedar Bayou junior high logged the highest passing percentage for junior high athletes in the second nine‑week grading period (reported at 97%), while Ross S. Sterling led high schools at 92% for athlete passing rates. Martinez said total athletes across junior high and high school programs numbered in the thousands (presentation listed 2,763 junior high athletes and 1,585 high school athletes for the second nine‑week snapshot) and that athletes contributed more than 4,000 community service hours across the semester.
Why it matters: The transportation changes affect daily operations, routing costs and family communications; athletics figures reflect student engagement, competitive performance and academic progress that district leaders said they will continue to monitor.
No formal action was required on these informational items; staff will return with operational changes as needed.
