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Transportation Update. Kevin Alston Chief of Operations Lonnie Reavis Coordinator of Transportation October 10, 2013. Transportation Update. Drivers 155 Full Time and Part Time Contracts Needed 127 – Full Time Contracted Drivers * 17 – Part Time Drivers
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Transportation Update Kevin Alston Chief of Operations Lonnie Reavis Coordinator of Transportation October 10, 2013
Transportation Update • Drivers • 155 Full Time and Part Time Contracts Needed • 127 – Full Time Contracted Drivers * • 17 – Part Time Drivers • 11 – Positions Need to be Hired • *6 Drivers are Presently on Family Medical Leave • Substitute Drivers • 25 Drivers are on the list • 3 - Full Time Teachers • 1 - On Workman’s Compensation • 5 - Secured Full Time Employment • 1 - Signed a Regular Driver’s Contract • 1 - Bus Driver Trainer • 5 - Haven’t Had Their Required Physical • 4 - Drive Occasionally • 5 - Drive on a Daily Basis
Transportation Update • Vacant Runs • 24 Due to Vacant Positions • 13 Due to Drivers on Family Medical Leave • 27 Total Vacant Runs • Schools Served By Double Runs • 3 Double Runs at Lakeland High School • 3 Double Runs at King’s Fork High School • 2 Double Runs at Oakland Elementary School • 2 Double Runs at Mack Benn Elementary School • 1 Double Run at Kilby Shores Elementary School • 1 Double Run at Booker T. Washington Elementary School • 1 Double Run at Northern Shores Elementary School • 1 Double Run at Creekside Elementary School • 14 Total Double Runs* • * May Increase on a Daily Basis Due to Absenteeism
Transportation Update • Bus Driver Absentee Rate • As of October 9, 2013 – 201.5 Driver Absences • Averaging Approximately 7.5 Absences Per Day • 5.2 % Absentee Rate for the Total Fleet • Proposed - Perfect Attendance Incentive • Originally Tabled Due to Budget Cuts • Discussion Scheduled for October 16, 2013 - Bus Driver Advisory Committee
Transportation Update • Proposal One • Increase Efforts to Hire Additional Drivers to Protect Instructional Time at Tier Two Schools • Adjust Tier Three Elementary Schools’ Bell Schedule • 15 Minute Adjustment • Starting at 9:30 a.m. and Ending at 3:45 p.m. • Gives Tier Two Buses Doing Double Routes More Time to Get to Their Tier Three Schools • Proposal Two • Move Elephant’s Fork Elementary and Kilby Shores Elementary to Tier Three and Adjust Tier Three Elementary Schools’ Bell Schedule 15 Minutes • Provides Drivers for Tier Two Vacant Routes – Protecting Instructional Time • Those Drivers Could Then Be Used for Tier Three with the Additional 15 Minutes from the Adjustment of the Bell Schedule