Gates County SchoolsTransportation

Mission Statement

Recognizing the safe transportation of students as this department’s primary responsibility, it is therefore, our mission to provide safe, dependable, and efficient transportation as a support service, designed to enhance the educational opportunities of all school age children.

Efficiency – Budget Rating

# of Students / # of Buses = Average load

$ spent / # Students transported = Average

Cost per pupil

Efficiency + 10% = Budget Rating

Gates County Simulated Data2010-2011

Total Expenditures: $615,378.00

# of Students 1,238

# Buses 32

*Cost Adjusted Students 1,403

*Bus Adjusted Students 1,596

Buses/100 Adj. Students 2.00

Cost per Adj. Student: $438.75

Efficiency Rating 92.19%

Budget Rating 100.00%

*Counts are adjusted by DPI to level the playing field for all counties regardless of size or student population.

How to manipulate the data

1.Encourage students to ride during the ridership week. (September 24 – 28, 2012)

2.Re-evaluate the number of buses before the 91st day of school.

3.As drivers quit determine if the bus is needed. Even if the bus is parked after the 91st day you still save dollars.

Drug Testing

Types of Testing• Pre-Employment• Reasonable Suspicion• Post Accident (All

accidents with more than $200 damage)

• Random – 50% of all employees in safety sensitive jobs

Drugs Tested For• Marijuana• Cocaine• Amphetamines• Opiates• Phencyclidine (PCP)• Ecstasy• Heroin

Alcohol Testing

• Reasonable Suspicion• Post Accident (When law enforcement request)• Random – 10% of all employees in safety sensitive

jobs• A alcohol test of 0.02 or greater the driver will be

removed from duty for 24 hours.• A result of 0.04 or greater will result in the employee

begin removed until evaluated by a substance abuse professional.

For Your Information

• If a driver gets a citation while operating a bus the driver is automatically removed until the case is settled.

• The radio system has a 3 second lag time.

• Each school has a lead driver that mentors other drivers.

• We have someone at the Bus Garage from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• I monitor the radio from home until all tutoring buses are off the road.

• Phone numbers:Bus Garage 357-0606Janet Home 357-1669Janet Cell 312-4041Andrea Cell 312-8481

Good News

• A second camera has been installed on all buses this summer.

• A extra memory card was put in each schools box.

• We had a second inspection from DPI prior to the end of school. Our score improved by 76 points.

• All mechanics are certified school bus inspectors.