Saline Area Schools

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Saline Area Schools

• Transportation Update

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Transportation Data
• 2,800 students twice daily 50 of students
• 492,000 miles annually
• Daily sporting events and fieldtrips
• 37 bus drivers
• 1 secretary/dispatcher 1 director
• 3 bus mechanics
• Outstanding safety and maintenance record

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Decision making process
• Discussed at Board meetings on
• May 8th
• May 22th
• June 12th
• June 26th
• Discussion was about High School transportation,
  noon day transportation, reducing bus stops

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Statistics
• Transportation Budget 2006-07 2,092,916
• Actual 2006-07 2,087,680
• Budget 2007-08 1,743,754
• Changes 350,000 (16.72 reduction)
• Buses Replacement 257,000 (12.3)
• Reduction of Stops 72,000 (3.4)
• Other Purchases 21,000 (1.0)

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Number of Bus Stops
• Total number of bus stops 1,431 (
  100)
• Bus stops projected to be eliminated 145
  (10.1)
• Bus stops added back 38 ( 2.7)
• Bus stops currently eliminated 107 ( 7.4)

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Length of ride data
• 95.42 square miles
• Two tier system A routes 5th 12th
• B routes kdg 4th
• School buildings are centralized located in the
  center of the district
• Shuttle service to reduce costs i.e. utilize
  middle school to transfer kids to other buses to
  outlying areas

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Capacity Ride Length
• Counts A route B route Length
  of ride
• AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM
• Avg 47 45 43 40 44 40 42 40
• 32 routes in the morning for Secondary
• 25 - 27 routes for elementary
• 7 routes for noon day kindergarten
• Bus capacity 77 students

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Saline Area SchoolsTransportation Update

• Current Law - The Revised School Code
• Section 380.1321
• Link to the MDE Website on Frequent Questions
• http//www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_656
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