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Board hears transportation update: fleet, in‑house routing and roughly $200,000 added cost for new academy routes
Summary
Transportation staff reported a fully in‑house routing structure, 31‑bus fleet (mostly propane), and staffing levels; adding transportation for Superior Learning Academy is expected to cost 'just under $200,000' next year and the district plans to buy two special‑education buses.
Pat, the district transportation lead, told the Committee of the Whole that the district now runs all routes in-house after bringing routes back from Voyager and currently operates 31 buses across 28 daily routes with 26 full‑time drivers and aides.
"Currently, we're at 26 full time drivers for full time aids," Pat said, outlining fleet composition (nine diesel, 22 propane) and an average vehicle age of six years and roughly 112,000 miles. Pat described operational changes this year including a switch to Ferrellgas for propane supply, efforts to bring bus washing in‑house…
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