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TRANSPORTATION: RTD OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1 OBJECTIVE FOR TODAY 1. Understand current student transportation services, and present recommendations for expanding High School access immediately utilizing funds freed up with RTDs new
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GOAL #1 Great Schools in Every Neighborhood
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GOAL #1 Great Schools in Every Neighborhood
A student is entitled to transportation if she lives farther than the walk radius (1 mi ES, 2.5 mi MS, 3.5 mi HS)
school or regional Newcomer center
attend a non-boundary school for enrollment continuity
receive curb to curb service if transportation is a related service
existing route as an “exception”
eligible students
budget
Traditional & Shuttle
eligible students
budget
RTD pass (HS only)
eligible students
budget
3rd party provider
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effort focused on increasing access and educational opportunities for high school students.
pass program bringing the total investment to $1.2M.
potential options to expand RTD program for High School Students.
Working Group recommendations to the Regional Transportation District.
discount for youth passes creating incremental savings to expand pass program (annualized savings of approximately $367K to purchase the same number of monthly student passes as in the current programs).
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Up to Fall 2012 Spring 2016 Fall 2016 Summer 2017 Fall 2017 Winter 2017 Winter 2018 Spring 2018 Summer 2018 Fall 2018
6 DPS began partnering with Donnell Kay, Together Colorado and the Mayor’s office to explore adding RTD pass into My Denver Card 2016 Mill Levy passes with $400k/year for RTD RTD convenes working group to overhaul pass pricing strategy DPS allocates $400k to additional transportation for alternative schools; waits for outcome of RTD working group DPS explores reduced walk zone, increased choice, partnerships with CareerConnect, and transportation for alternative schools RTD announces 70% discount for youth pass DK/TG offers suggestions to BOE Transportation makes recommend- ations to BOE DPS partners with Together Colorado and
partners to launch the Success Express Shuttles in FNE and NNE regions Strengthening Neighborhoods Committee publishes recommendations Great Schools, Thriving Communities group discussion concludes
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− Increase opportunities for ~1,700 high school students in addition to students who already receive RTD passes to access public transportation to get to school, and for
− Include a board-approved walk zone change, along with operational changes that address cost and feasibility. − Support recommendations made by interested community organizations.
Current State = $49.00 RTD Fares Starting January 2019 (70% off of $114) # of Monthly Passes Today’s Pass Cost for remaining SY* New Pass Cost for remaining SY* Net Impact (savings) Additional Students we could serve for remainder of SY18-19 with savings
2,758 $675,710 $471,618 ($204,092) 1,194
Data as of October 3rd, 2018
Current State RTD Fares Starting January 2019 (70% off of $114)
Budget # of Monthly Passes Proposed Monthly Cost per Pass Total Annual Cost* Net Impact (savings) Additional Students we would serve annually with savings
Transportation $1.2M 2,758 $34.20 $913,725 ($367,366) 1,108
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10 Additional 1,673 Students Eligible Annual Cost: $554,265 Net Cost: ($186,899) 60+% FRL Additional 633 Students Eligible Annual Cost: $219,652 Net Savings: $147,714 59% FRL Additional 6,309 Students Eligible Annual Cost: $2,090,172 Net Cost: ($1,722,806) 59% FRL Additional 3,320 Students Eligible Annual Cost: $1,099,916 Net Cost: ($732,550) 100% FRL A: Reduce walk radius to 2.5 for students who attend boundary, zone,
current eligibility
3.5, but provide passes to FRL choice students attending non- boundary and non- magnet programs B: Reduce walk radius to 3.0 for students who attend boundary, zone,
current eligibility C: Keep walk radius at 3.5, & provide RTD passes to choice students attending non- boundary and non- magnet programs
GOAL #1 Great Schools in Every Neighborhood
Additional students, 1,673 60% FRL Annual Cost $554,265 Net Cost:
$186,899* Benefits Barriers
A: Goal: What are we trying to accomplish with this change? Reduce the walk by 1 mile, increasing transportation eligibility for another ~1,700 high school students Create alignment between middle and high school transportation policies Aligns with existing policies & equitable for distance among distance students must walk 60+% of students within the 2.5 to 3.5 walk are expected to be FRL, benefitting from this change Provides consistency among service offerings & school models i.e. 6-12 Supports community recommendations Increased student attendance and mobility, attendance and potential savings for schools Easy to administer and provides additional support to 25 high schools Additional funding required Does not specifically increase access for lower-income students Does not specifically support choice or students within zones 11 *Note: cost expected to be covered via new “opt-in” process planned to be implemented in FY20
GOAL #1 Great Schools in Every Neighborhood
12 Provide passes for all students living 2.5 miles from boundary
eligible transportation:
1,673 students costing the district $554,265 annually*
Eliminate high school restriction that students attend boundary school:
9,392 students costing the district $3,111,570 annually
Option 2: Not currently financially feasible *Note: $187K net cost expected to be covered via new “opt-in” process planned to be implemented in FY20
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January 2019: Reduce the walk distance to 2.5 miles for High School Students, passes are issued to additional students August 2019: Introduction of Opt-in process for RTD eligible students as a mechanism to free-up resources to fund walk zone cost deficit Fall 2019: Study RTD pass family opt-in behaviors and resulting savings/costs SY 2020-2021: Potential exploratory pilot for FRL families participating in Choice with additional savings realized from
WEBSITES | dpsk12.org & transportation.dpsk12.org SOCIAL MEDIA | District & Transportation Facebook & Twitter PORTALS | Parent Portal Announcement; Infinite Campus Robo Call MEDIA RELATIONS| Story pitches to local web, print, television and radio channels NEWSLETTERS| Our DPS Weekly Newsletter COLLATERAL MATERIALS| Flier for distribution by school COMMUNICATION CASCADE MESSAGING:
COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS KEY MESSAGING
ANNOUNCEMENT DATE
12/18
WEBSITES | thecommons.dpsk12.org (homepage and transportation page) NEWSLETTERS | Leader Weekly, Our DPS Weekly & Chalk Talk PORTALS | Principal & Officer Professional EMAIL| School RTD Pass Coordinators (sent by transportation) COLLATERAL MATERIALS| Flier for distribution by school
MESSAGE: DPS strives to provide every student with access to high-quality education and is proud to announce that DPS RTD Passes will now be available to more high school students. By decreasing the walk-distance from 3.5 to 2.5 miles for students attending their boundary school, DPS can provide more access to safe and reliable transportation options. This was accomplished through the collaboration between DPS and City of Denver and RTD officials, and will be partially funded through the 2016 Mill Levy.
MESSAGE: In collaboration with City of Denver and RTD officials, DPS is happy to announce that DPS RTD Passes will now be available to eligible students who live 2.5 miles from their boundary school. Schools will receive additional passes for the newly-eligible students in January. With the increase in eligible students receiving DPS RTD Passes, the Reduced Fare Pass program will see an increase cost beginning in January.
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18 Basic Eligibility (per Board Policy EEA-R1) Distance from home to school
Enrollment in a school within a student’s catchment area The following designations receive transportation if they are more than 3.5 miles away from their school and are enrolled within their catchment area (Either traditional boundary or enrollment zone) Newcomer: students must be identified as newcomers, meet the distance qualification above, and enroll in the school designated by the DPS ELA office as best meeting their educational needs (RTD) Title 1 or ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act): students identified as Title 1 or ESSA according to federal regulation, meet the distance qualification above, and enroll in the school designated by DPS as best meeting their educational needs (2016-17 last year) McKinney Vento (homeless): students identified per the qualifications of the McKinney Vento Act (generally considered as homeless) and meet the distance qualification above (RTD) Transitional Native Language Instruction (TNLI)/ESL/ELA-E: students identified as speakers of languages other than English, meet the distance qualification above, and enroll in a school that is within their ELA or TNLI zone (RTD) Magnet Schools: students attending a magnet school are provided transportation (ES and MS students receive bus service from their neighborhood school; HS students receive RTD passes) (RTD) The following designations do not rely on the established 3.5 mile walk distance Exceptions: All DPS students no matter where they enroll in school may request travel assistance as an exception from the DPS Department of Transportation (Yellow Bus) Shuttle Zones: students who live and attend schools in our shuttle zones receive transportation service via the shuttle (Yellow Bus) Special Education : students who are identified as having special needs have plans for transportation assistance included in their IEP (Yellow Bus)
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< 2.5 miles 2.5miles
3 miles- 3.5miles > 3.5 miles < 2.5 miles 2.5miles
3 miles- 3.5miles > 3.5 miles < 2.5 miles 2.5miles
3 miles- 3.5miles > 3.5 miles < 2.5 miles 2.5miles
3 miles- 3.5miles > 3.5 miles
FRL
91 93 135 1,508 3,114 675 441 1,416 2,614 606 393 91 1,690 573 532 3,320 17,291
Non-FRL
23 18 24 819 785 183 136 585 2,797 402 269 62 612 304 423 2,345 9,786
Unknown
2 3 2 18 4 1 2 148 51 45 644 920
Total
115 113 161 2,345 3,903 858 577 2,002 5,411 1,010 663 153 2,449 928 1,000 6,309 27,997 Data as of October 3rd, 2018
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School Name Total Students Served FRL % Remaining 2018-19 SY cost SY 2019-2020 Cost Abraham Lincoln 63 94% $10,773 $20,872 Compassion Road Academy 25 80% $4,275 $8,283 Contemporary Learning Academy 13N/A $2,223 $4,307 DCIS HS 48 73% $8,208 $15,902 DELTA High School 15N/A $2,565 $4,970 Denver Montessori HS 6N/A $1,026 $1,988 Denver School of Arts HS 41 12% $7,011 $13,583 DS Innovation & Sustainable Design 9N/A $1,539 $2,982 East 233 46% $39,843 $77,193 Emily Griffith Opportunity School 39 67% $6,669 $12,921 Excel Academy 43 93% $7,353 $14,246 Florence Crittenton School 20 95% $3,420 $6,626 George Washington 200 68% $34,200 $66,260 John F Kennedy 145 71% $24,795 $48,039 Kunsmiller Creative Arts HS 34 91% $5,984 $11,570 North 131 80% $22,401 $43,400 North HS Engagement Center 19 84% $3,249 $6,295 Northfied HS 142 16% $24,282 $47,045 P.R.E.P. Academy HS 3N/A $513 $994 Respect Academy 30 77% $5,130 $9,939 South 37 54% $6,327 $12,258 Summit Academy HS 27 89% $4,617 $8,945 Thomas Jefferson 283 46% $48,393 $93,758 West Early College HS 5N/A $855 $1,657 West Leadership Academy HS 22 86% $3,762 $7,289 Data as of October 3rd, 2018 NOTE: Due to student privacy concerns any school with less than 16 students had their FRL percent removed