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Transportation officials cite fleet growth, routing changes and fuel constraints after school openings
Summary
District transportation staff described fleet changes, new route creation for three new schools, special‑needs route lengths and state fueling constraints that limit evening use of state buses; staff plan load counts and route optimization in coming weeks.
Ross, the district transportation lead (speaker 12), outlined the district's current fleet and recent additions to replace older buses and support three newly opened schools. He noted the district now operates a mix of activity buses and minis and uses state‑provided yellow buses for regular routes; "All of our yellow buses are diesel, and then all of our mini buses are gasoline," he said.
Isaiah (speaker 13) walked through routing decisions—capacity, stop spacing, and safety where sidewalks are absent—and gave a sample special‑needs route that the system lists as taking about "an hour and 52 minutes" to complete the route loop. Staff emphasized they have not received complaints about any child being on a bus beyond safety expectations and plan load counts in the coming weeks to optimize routes. Ross also warned that state fueling procedures constrain after‑hours use of the state fleet and said the district currently consumes "over just 1,000 gallons a day" of diesel, complicating evening activity bus availability.
