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Duval board hears transport deep dive: routes, JTA partnership and magnet cuts considered
Summary
Operations staff briefed the board on transportation scale (28,100 trips/day, ~8M miles/year), new routing and parent apps, a JTA student‑ride partnership and three high‑level options to reduce costs including scaling back magnet transportation; staff will return with modelled savings and implementation timelines.
Duval County Public Schools operations staff offered a detailed workshop on Tuesday laying out the scale, cost drivers and options for reducing transportation spending.
Erica Harty, chief operations officer, said the district runs roughly 28,100 trips a day and more than 8 million miles annually. “We’re running over 28,100 trips a day,” Harty said as she described route scale and the district’s heavy reliance on contracted yellow‑bus fleets.
Staff explained new technical tools aimed at improving service and transparency: an upgraded routing system (Athena/Edulog) and a parent app integrated with the…
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