Transportation Update

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Transportation Update

• November 6, 2008

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSSINCE LAST UPDATE

• Hired New Transportation Supervisor
• Hired Several New Drivers
• Enhanced Specialized Driver Training
• Improved Operating Efficiencies
• Improved Departmental Correspondence
• Greater On-Time Arrivals
• Increased Number Of Field Trips Activity Trips
• Creekview Ranch Routes Added
• New Areas With Over 400 Riders Over 65
  Participation
• Breakfast Routes Added (Serving Students
  Participating In Free/Reduced Meal Program)
• Activity Routes Added (Serving Central Drop-Off
  Points In Different Grid Codes

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

• Current Staffing

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• The Revised Organizational Structure Allows
• Direct Administrative Support
• Clerical Support
• Required Training In-House
• Two Driver Trainer Positions
• Better Ability To Provide Field and Activity
  Trips
• Route Coverage During Driver Shortages
• Illness
• Cover Drivers When On Trips or Charters
• Benefits
• Less Reliance On Outside Charters
• Providing In-house Route Coverage
• Meeting T-01 and T-02 Requirement
• Recertification
• Recruitment and Training of Driver Candidates
• Additional Trips and Charters Reduce General Fund
  Encroachment

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SERVICES

• Transporting Nearly 650 Student Daily
• 6 Home-To-School Routes 30 Increase
• Serving Barrett Ranch, Creekview Ranch, Dry
  Creek, Heritage Oak
• Providing Overflow To All Of The Other Schools
• 65 Different Bus Stops
• 4 Special Needs Routes
• Serving over 58 Students Mostly Curb-to-Curb
  45 Increase
• Both In The District and PCOE Programs
• Extended Year Intersession
• Routes for Home-to-School School-to-School
• 2 Routes Curb-to-Curb for Special Needs In
  District
• 2-3 Routes Curb-to-Curb for Special Needs Outside
  of District
• 116,377 Annual Miles Traveled
• 62,671 Home-To-School Routes
• 20,449 Special Needs within District
• 24,325 Field and Athletic Trips

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OTHER SERVICES

• Field Trips
• Over 130 trips many with multiple buses
• Athletic Trips
• Over 80 separate trips
• Serving Three Middle Schools
• Charter Services
• Serving Summer Youth Programs
• Assisting other School Districts
• Benefits
• General Fund Encroachment Offset
• District rates less than Private Charter saving
  the sites money
• Allows drivers additional hours and days

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FLEET

• 12 School Buses
• 9 Transit Style Pusher, 78-84 Passenger
• Oldest 1981 Crown 5 Speed
• Newest 1991 Bluebird Conventionals
• Average Age For Transit Buses 20.4 Years
• Average Odometer 208,651 Miles Per Bus
• 3 Special Needs Buses Equipped With Wheelchair
  Lift
• 2 Conventional With Variable Seating, 34
  Passenger/5 Wheelchair
• 1 Mini Transit Style With Wheelchair Lift, 32
  Passenger/2 Wheelchair
• Average Odometer 133,600 Miles Per Bus
• Staff is working to develop a comprehensive Bus
  Replacement Program
• Currently staff is working with the Regional Air
  Quality Control Board and Air Quality Management
  District to obtain grant monies to replace
  qualifying older buses.
• Presently 4 buses are eligible for replacement
  under the grant guidelines.

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DRIVER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• The Dry Creek Jt. Elementary School District has
  an ongoing project of recruitment and retention
  of bus drivers.
• We recruit drivers through an organized media
  search, which includes CASTO word of mouth and
  Craigs List. The campaign runs year round. We
  also look within our school system for employees
  who might be interested in supplementing their
  salaries.
• On the retention side, we are setting the stage
  to assure drivers receive administrative support,
  are better informed, are provided additional
  safety programs, receive appropriate recognition,
  and are compensated in comparison with other
  districts. In general, we let them know how they
  are and make them part pf a professional
  transportation team.

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TRAINING

• Annual Training Required by CHP, DMV, CDE
• T-01 and T-02 Time Current And Practical
• Behind the Wheel
• Proficiencies (Unrestricted, All Buses)
• Renewal and/or Recertification (Every 5 years)
• First Aid
• Special Training
• Mountain
• Metro
• Special Needs Training
• Coordinates Special Guest Speakers (Program
  Specialists)
• Wheelchair Lifts
• Restraints
• Transporting the Medically Fragile
• New Driver Training
• Classroom Training 20 Hours from the 82.7
• Behind The Wheel 20 Hours
• First Aid

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GOALS

• Complete Updates Of Driver Handbook
• Greater Operating Efficiencies
• Reduce Dependence On Out-Sourced Transportation
  Contracts
• Implement Bus Replacement Program
• Additional Specialized Training

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