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Board approves FY2027 bus and school schedule, consolidating elementary start times
Summary
Trustees approved a revised FY2027 bus and school schedule that consolidates elementary start times into three groups to add time between routes, moves earliest elementary drop‑off to 07:20 (earliest start 07:40), and adjusts secondary schedules; the motion carried by voice vote.
The Bonneville Joint District board voted to approve the FY2027 bus and school schedule after staff described a plan to consolidate elementary start times into three tiers. Staff said the change increases driver time between routes, reduces pressure caused by traffic, and standardizes pickup windows for families.
Under the approved proposal, the earliest elementary drop‑off would be 07:20 with the earliest school start about 07:40. Staff said special‑education and certain remote routes will continue to run earlier (sometimes as early as about 06:15) and that two geographically distant schools could remain on single routes because of travel time. The plan shifts several elementary start times later to create roughly 30 minutes between route blocks and pushes some secondary end times 7–8 minutes later.
Transportation staff noted the complex routing constraints—many buses run three routes in a day (two elementary and one secondary) — and that the new plan provides about 10 additional minutes in some legs to cope with increased traffic.
Trustees discussed supervisor coverage at drop‑off, the effect on families who arrive early for bus stops, and how the new routing will be finalized once the district imports routes into new routing software. The board approved the schedule by motion; staff will finalize routes in the new routing system and communicate times to families.
Action taken: motion to approve the FY2027 bus and school schedule carried by voice vote.
