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Banning Unified outlines transportation plan, faces driver complaints as board approves van leases
Summary
Board approved the annual transportation plan and a five-van long-term lease (including two EVs) while drivers and unions urged action on workplace conduct and staffing shortages. Staff described route priorities, fleet size and software upgrades; trustees approved motions on funding and contracts.
The Banning Unified School District board on March 13 approved its annual transportation plan and a five-van long-term lease while hearing public complaints from drivers about workplace conduct and calls from employee groups for management changes.
The board voted 5–0 to adopt the transportation plan after Director (Herrera) and Transportation Director Kenneth Page outlined priorities required by state guidance — first providing service to students with individualized education programs, students in specialized education, homeless (McKinney-Vento) students, preschool and kindergarten, and then unduplicated pupils and other students. Page said the district operates 21 buses and 7 vans, has 12 bus-driver positions with four vacancies, and is pursuing EV grants and infrastructure to meet air-quality mandates.
Why it matters: Transportation carries students to school and extracurriculars and is…
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