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a presentation to the Governing Board Paul M. Novak March 5, 2019 Background Recurring performance issues related to on-time student pickups and drop-offs

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a presentation to the Governing Board

Paul M. Novak March 5, 2019

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Recurring performance issues related to on-time

student pickups and drop-offs

Occasional overcrowding of buses on routes
Worsening school bus driver turnover rate
Difficulty recruiting quality school bus drivers
Rapid growth in special needs student

transportation as a related service

Students grandfathered under next year’s boundary

changes

Non-boundary programs that are supported with

student transportation services

Background

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“Is it good for students” must be our guiding principle
Bell times directly correlate to transportation’s:

 successful performance  cost-efficiency

Uniform bell times are greatly beneficial to:

 families  programs  instructional staff

Young teens (7th & 8th grade) generally benefit from

later start times

Bell Time Principles

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Current GPS Bell Times

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Developing logical, efficient and acceptable bell time

proposals is:  complex  time-consuming  unsettling to everyone  and in the case of GPS, requires a complete reengineering of the entire structure

Committees often conclude that the outcome must

either:  benefit students, instruction & achievement  or benefit transportation operations . . ….but not both

Developing the Right Bell Times

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Steps to ensure that adopted bell times work as

intended:  Develop logical special needs boundaries  Uniform arrival windows for buses in a.m.  Follow bus manufacturers seating capacity  Schools must load students rapidly in p.m.  Buses must stay on schedule; no returns  All open enrolled students register to ride  Cutoff date to register intent to grandfather

Parallel Considerations

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Adjacent Districts’ Bell Time Patterns

MPS CUSD QCUSD HUSD

GPS

DISTRICT NAME 1ST BELL 2ND BELL 3RD BELL CUSD H.S. E.S. J.H.S. HUSD H.S. E.S. J.H.S. MPS H.S. E.S. J.H.S. QCUSD H.S. E.S. J.H.S.

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Impact of Proposed Changes

n High Schools

CRITERIA CURRENT OPTION #1 OPTION #2

Number of H.S. bell times 1 1 1 Total spread, first to last bell time 0 min. 0 min. 0 min.

Avg. earliest morning pickup time

6:35 AM 7:30 AM 6:45 AM Morning drop time @ schools 7:00 AM 7:55 AM 7:10 AM

Avg. student ride times

25 min. 25 min. 25 min. Number of H.S. regular ed buses 51 *65 *65 Length of H.S. instructional day 7 hrs. 00 min. 6 hrs. 55 min. 6 hrs. 55 min.

*Estimate only. Upon adoption of new bell times, the entire bus routing system will be revamped to optimize all routes to maximize efficiency.

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Impact of Proposed Changes

n Junior High Schools

CRITERIA CURRENT OPTION #1 OPTION #2

Number of J.H.S. bell times 3 1 1 Total spread, first to last bell time 20 min. 0 min. 0 min.

Avg. earliest morning pickup time

7:02 AM 8:00 AM 8:00 AM Morning drop times @ schools 7:30-7:50 AM 8:25 AM 8:25 AM

Avg. student ride times

23 min. 25 min. 25 min. Number of J.H.S. regular ed buses 56 *65 *65 Length of J.H.S. instructional day 7 hrs. 02 min. 7 hrs. 00 min. 6 hrs. 55 min.

*Estimate only. Upon adoption of new bell times, the entire bus routing system will be revamped to optimize all routes to maximize efficiency.

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Impact of Proposed Changes

n Elementary Schools

*Estimate only. Upon adoption of new bell times, the entire bus routing system will be revamped to optimize all routes to maximize efficiency.

CRITERIA CURRENT OPTION #1 OPTION #2

Number of E.S. bell times 6 1 1 Total spread, first to last bell time 55 min. 0 min. 0 min.

Avg. earliest morning pickup time

7:30 AM 6:55 AM 7:25 AM Morning drop times @ schools 7:50-8:35 AM 7:20 AM 7:50 AM

Avg. student ride times

17 min. 25 min. 25 min. Number of E.S. regular ed buses 80 *65 *65 Length of E.S. instructional day 6 hrs. 47 min. 6 hrs. 45 min. 6 hrs. 45 min. % of P.M. E.S. buses that are late

66% 0% 0%

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Impact of Proposed Changes District-wide

*Estimate only. Upon adoption of new bell times, the entire bus routing system will be revamped to optimize all routes to maximize efficiency.

CRITERIA CURRENT OPTION #1 OPTION #2

Number of bell times (districtwide) 9 3 3 Number of regular ed bus routes 80 *65 *65 Number of special ed bus routes 58 *50 *50 Total bus routes (excluding vans) 138 *115 *115 Number of preschool start times 8 1 1 Bus driver staffing requirements 175 *140 *140 Total school bus fleet size 257 *170 *170

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25% 5% 23% 17% 17% 13% 47%

PERCENT OF TOTAL FLEET

Under 5 yrs. 6-10 yrs. 11-12 yrs. 13-15 yrs. 16-19 yrs. Over 20 yrs.

Age of School Bus Fleet

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38% 7% 35% 35 20%

PERCENT OF TOTAL FLEET

Under 5 yrs. 6-10 yrs. 11-12 yrs. 13-15 yrs.

Age of School Bus Fleet After Reduction

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