Transportation Update

Kevin Alston

Chief of Operations

Lonnie Reavis

Coordinator of Transportation

October 10, 2013

Transportation UpdateDrivers

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

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 OneIncrease 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

Transportation Update