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a presentation to the
Governing Board
Paul M. Novak March 5, 2019
• 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
• “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
Current GPS Bell Times
• 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
• 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
Adjacent Districts’ Bell Time Patterns
MPS
CUSD
QCUSD
HUSD
GPS
DISTRICTNAME
1ST
BELL2ND
BELL3RD
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.
Impact of Proposed Changes
on 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.
Impact of Proposed Changes
on 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.
Impact of Proposed Changes
on 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%
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
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
38%
7%
35%
3520%
PERCENT OF TOTAL FLEET
Under 5 yrs. 6-10 yrs. 11-12 yrs. 13-15 yrs.
Age of School Bus Fleet After Reduction
Paul M. Novak March 5, 2019