Michelle Trujillo, the district’s transportation supervisor, delivered the annual transportation update and answered board questions about fleet composition, staffing and projected costs. Trujillo reported the district’s fleet consists of 28 buses, three of which are electric, and said elementary routes and special-education routing are prioritized when building routes for the school year.

Trujillo described operations for 2025–26: dry runs and driver proficiency checks before routes begin, physical-safety checks and efforts to balance route loads so rides stay under target durations. She said the district recently received a 2026 Bluebird electric bus with an advertised 250-mile range per full charge and that four additional electric buses are scheduled to arrive in 2026 (two for elementary and two for high school service). Staff and trustees discussed the operational limitations of electric buses for long field trips and the potential need to use diesel buses for longer-range or high-mileage assignments.

Board members raised a recent news item about an electric-bus fire in Los Angeles; Trujillo said most reported incidents have occurred while buses were charging at yards and pledged to follow the investigation and brief the transportation committee. The board discussed federal and state grant support and noted that replacing aging buses required grant and local-district contributions.

Trujillo also outlined projected transportation expenditures and the department’s use of LCFF transportation revenues and general-fund support; some dollar figures in the presentation packet included detailed line items for salaries, supplies and services.

Next steps: transportation staff will follow up with additional details on grant reimbursements, electric-bus certification and safety data requested by trustees.