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Pasco district studies changes to pickup, dismissal schedules to improve bus reliability
Summary
District staff presented a high-level study of school pickup and dismissal scheduling aimed at improving routing efficiency and on-time performance amid bus-driver shortages; options include unifying early-release windows, zone reconfiguration and adjusted start/end times, with final proposals to be negotiated with labor partners this spring.
Assistant Superintendent Gopal briefed the board Jan. 13 on an ongoing district study of school pickup and dismissal schedules, routing and operational assumptions intended to improve transportation reliability and free bus capacity for after-school needs.
Gopal framed the report as a process update rather than a list of final proposals: the study has reviewed multiple schedule and routing…
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