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—5Future Ready—6 facilities plan aims to reduce bus trips, rebalance enrollment and limit closures
Summary
District staff told the Education Committee the Future Ready facilities plan would cut daily bus trips from 986 to 402 and reduce average ride time from 35.6 to 16.9 minutes, while proposing feeder-pattern changes, phased transitions and targeted investments to improve equity and efficiency; officials warned implementation will require staffing, city coordination and clear family communication.
Director of Public Relations Ebony Pew and district staff presented the Future Ready feasibility update and implementation plan, describing the plan as an "education-first, not building-first" approach that couples targeted capital investments with feeder-pattern and transportation redesigns meant to improve equity and reduce operating inefficiency.
Pew said the district's student-level routing model projects a reduction in daily bus trips from 986 to 402 and a fall in average ride time from 35.6 minutes to 16.9 minutes by aligning neighborhood attendance zones and streamlining feeder patterns. She emphasized those savings depend on careful rollout and noted risks including driver availability and walking-zone safety that will require…
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