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June 3, 2010

I M h h B d f Ed i In March, the Board of Education requested an analysis of requested an analysis of districtwide busing The first step of the analysis is The first step of the analysis is based on the Standley Lake articulation area

Student Transportation Routing Options

• Tiers
• B

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• Bus stops at elementary schools
• Corridor busing
• Coordinated bell times
• Charge transportation fees
• Charge transportation fees

Walk-In Boundaries Walk In Boundaries

District Policy

• High School is 2 ½ miles

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• Middle School is 2 miles
• Elementary is 1 mile

Standley Lake articulation area October 1 2009 count: October 1, 2009 count:

Annual Annual # Students # Students Annual Cost Annual Cost Annual Annual Cost/Student Cost/Student Elementary Elementary 349 $ 281,048 $ 805.29 Middle school Middle school 255 $ 122,421 $ 480.08 Middle school Middle school 255 $ 122,421 $ 480.08 High school High school 312 $ 127,209 $ 407.72 Total Total 947 47 $ 530,678 $ 530,678 Special needs’ students Special needs’ students 31 $ 147,569 $ 4,760.30 Included above

• Standley Lake articulation area has one high

h l d iddl h l school and two middle schools

Standley Lake Wayne Carle Mandalay

Six Elementary Schools

Ryan Sheridan Green Witt Lukas Semper Ad Semper Adams

Tier Routing Tier Routing

What is Tier Routing? What is Tier Routing?

Tier denotes the number of schools served on a Tier denotes the number of schools served on a single morning or afternoon bus route 4-tier routes serve 4 schools 3-tier routes serve 3 schools 2-tier routes serve 2 schools 1-tier routes serve 1 school (special-needs’ students)

Current morning routes using Current morning routes using 4 tiers

5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15

N-1

*

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-2

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-3

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N 4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-5

STANDLEY MANDALAY PONY MANDALAY WITT

N-14

SHERIDAN GREEN ADAMS

N-20

RALSTON VALLEY WAYNE CARLE * JEFFERSON ACADEMY PONY

Each row represents a bus route

Ti Tier 1: Five buses transport students to p the high school

5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15

N 1

* STANDLEY

N-1

* STANDLEY

LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-2

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-3

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-5

STANDLEY MANDALAY PONY MANDALAY WITT

N 14 N-14

SHERIDAN GREEN ADAMS

N-20

RALSTON VALLEY WAYNE CARLE * JEFFERSON ACADEMY PONY

Tier 2: Four buses transport students to Lukas p Elementary and the fifth delivers the Mandalay pony(inter-office mail) Mandalay pony(inter office mail)

5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 STANDLEY

N-1

*

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-2

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-3

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-5

STANDLEY MANDALAY PONY MANDALAY WITT

Tier 3: All f b M d l All five buses transport Mandalay Middle students Middle students

5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15 STANDLEY

N-1

*

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-2

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-3

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-5

STANDLEY MANDALAY PONY MANDALAY WITT

Tier 4: Tier 4: Two buses transport Witt Elementary l d d b regular students and two buses transport Semper students . . .

5:45 6:00 6:15 6:30 6:45 7:00 7:15 7:30 7:45 8:00 8:15 8:30 8:45 9:00 9:15

N-1

*

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-2

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY WITT

N-3

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LUKAS MANDALAY SEMPER

N-5

STANDLEY MANDALAY PONY MANDALAY WITT

. . . and one bus transports special needs students-only to Witt

This is how the afternoon looks on a d h spreadsheet – 2-tier routing

1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30

N-1

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-2

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-3

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-4

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-5

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-15

LUKAS SEMPER

N-16

LUKAS SEMPER

N-17

SHERIDAN GREEN SEMPER

N 17

SHERIDAN GREEN SEMPER

N-18

LUKAS WITT

N-19

LUKAS POMONA WITT

• Mandalay runs are not completed in time to arrive at Semper and Witt

by dismissal time

• 10 buses are needed in the afternoon versus only 5 in the morning

Tier Busing - Pros

Most efficient routing – four tier routing R f b f l i l h l Re-use of same bus for multiple schools Better staff retention due to longer routes Fewer routes means fewer buses/staff

Tier Busing - Cons

Some schools required to begin after 9 a.m. Some schools required to begin after 9 a.m.

Moving Bus Stops Moving Bus Stops to Elementary Schools

Move Bus Stops to Elementary Move Bus Stops to Elementary Schools

Savings could result from moving the bus stops for high and middle school p g busing to the feeder elementary schools schools

For Standley Lake HS, it would reduce the number of bus For Standley Lake HS, it would reduce the number of bus stops stops from from 21 21 to to stops from 21 to stops from 21 to . . .

Standley Lake HS Standley Lake HS

. . . to 6

The current student walk-in area is designated by the red border

• Two of the feeder schools lie within the walk-in area
• Bus stops would not be placed in the middle of a walk-in area

Elementary Stops Potential Savings

• Time reduction of 35 minutes/day
• Mileage reduction of 14.3 miles/day
• Annual savings = $12,318

Annual savings $12,318

Negative Impacts Negative Impacts

• Elementary school staff and community

y y members object to large numbers of older students on their grounds

• Congestion due to student drop off times too

close to elementary student dismissals two close to elementary student dismissals--two tier routing in the afternoon

• Financial hardship on low-income families
• Reduction of service and safety

Parents of students from the Stonegate A Apartments . . .

. . . would be required to transport their children to Witt Elementary

. . . for the short bus ride to the high school

Analyzing Mandalay Middle Analyzing Mandalay Middle School Student Busing

Elementary Stops Elementary Stops

• Quantity of bus stops would

change from 23 to 4

Elementary Bus Stop y p Potential Savings

• Due to tiering of routes, no time reduction

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• Mileage reduction of 14.3 miles per day
• Annual savings of $6,931

Unhappy parents who must transport their children to Adams Elementary . . .

. . . for the short bus ride to Mandalay Middle

Unhappy parents who must transport their Unhappy parents who must transport their children to Semper Elementary . . .

. . . for the short bus ride to Mandalay

Safety issues: Children will have to cross high- Safety issues: Children will have to cross high- traffic Wadsworth Boulevard and Church Ranch Boulevard and railroad tracks

Church Ranch Boulevard Wadsworth Boulevard

Two feeder schools in the walk-in area

For middle schools the walk in area is 2 miles Adams Semper

Corridor Busing Corridor Busing

“Corridor busing” to Standley Lake High ld d h would reduce the current 21 stops . . .

. . . to possibly 9 stops.

Corridor Busing Potential Savings: Corridor Busing Potential Savings:

• Time reduction of 20 minutes per day

Time reduction of 20 minutes per day

• Mileage reduction of 7.6 miles per day
• Annual savings = $7,025

M d l C id B i Mandalay Corridor Busing

• Mandalay: a similar reduction could be

made for annual savings of approximately $4 200 $4,200

• High/middle school annual savings =

$11,225

Corridor Busing - Pros Corridor Busing Pros

A id i d l

• Avoids congestion around elementary

schools

• Offers reasonable service to all current

riders

Corridor Busing - Cons Corridor Busing Cons

B d d h

• Bus stops are more crowded than current

neighborhood stops g p

• Bus stops are typically on less safe,

busier streets

Coordinated Bell Times

Coordinate Start /End Bell Times

Objective: j

• Maximize number of three and four tier routes

(current districtwide average is 2.7 tiers)

• A single bus can run several separate trips for

elementary, middle and high school students y

Tier student transportation saves the cost

• f buying more buses and hiring more

drivers. = $$$$ = $$$$

Standley Lake Area Tiers Standley Lake Area Tiers

• Currently the morning routes are

efficient with four tiers

• The afternoon is not as efficient
• The afternoon is not as efficient

This is how the afternoon NOW looks on a spreadsheet p

1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30

N-1

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-2

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-3

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-4

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-5

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY

N-15

LUKAS SEMPER

N-16

LUKAS SEMPER

N-17

SHERIDAN GREEN SEMPER

N 17

SHERIDAN GREEN SEMPER

N-18

LUKAS WITT

N-19

LUKAS POMONA WITT

• Mandalay runs are not completed in time to arrive at Semper and

Witt by dismissal time b h l h

• It requires 10 buses in the afternoon versus only 5 in the morning

This is how the afternoon COULD look if Semper and Witt h d l b ll i had later bell times

1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15

N 1 N-1

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY SEMPER

N-2

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY SEMPER

N-3

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY SEMPER

N-4

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY WITT

N-4

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY WITT

N-5

STANDLEY LAKE MANDALAY WITT

N-15

LUKAS

N-16

LUKAS

N 16

LUKAS

• This eliminates two buses in the afternoon
• This eliminates two buses in the afternoon

C di Ti P i l S i Coordinate Times Potential Savings

• Time reduction of 80 minutes per day
• Mileage reduction of 40 miles per day

A l f

• Annual savings of $16,222

Other Considerations Other Considerations

• Staff

Staff Staff Staff

– Reduced full-time employees reduces cost of benefits – Reduced need for using substitute drivers

• Equi

uipment ment q p q p

– Reduce the number of buses – Keep newer buses

Other Options Other Options

Potential Fee Revenue

Standley Lake Standley Lake

District-wide District-wide Total Student Riders 942 13,423 L f d d d 8 Less free and reduced = 801 11,410 $0.50 per ride x 175 days x 2 $ 175 350 rides per year $ 140,175 $ 1,996,950 Less initial implementation 230,000 First year net revenue $ 1,766,950

Districtwide figures shown are a “snapshot” of the October 1, 2009, student enrollment count

Cost Reduction Summary Cost Reduction Summary Cost Reduction Summary Cost Reduction Summary

 Elementary stops for middle and high school y p g saves $19,249  Corridor busing saves $11,225  Moving bell times for two elementary schools  Moving bell times for two elementary schools saves $16,222  Imposing fees could save approximately $140,175

What has already been done? What has already been done?

• Five years of under-spending budget

Five years of under spending budget

• Routing efficiencies using Transfinder

s ft re software

• Reduced 22 routes in 2009-2010 by altering

b ll bell times

• Proposed reduction in budget of $679,500 for

2011-2012 by eliminating busing for option schools

Transportation Financial Transportation Financial Contributions to General Fund

 Fi ld i 6 illi  Field trips generate over $1.6 million each year  CDE i b illi  CDE reimbursement = $4.5 million  Rental of the driving range generates i l approximately $75,000 per year  Delivery of interoffice mail (pony mail)

Staff Recommendations Staff Recommendations

First: Coordinate bell times to increase the number of 3 and 4 tier routes Second: impose ridership fees to offset the cost of student busing Neither of these options reduces safety nor service