1. TRANSPORTATION UPDATE
January 17, 2013
Presented by:
Donna Caperton
Assistant Superintendent
Business Services

2. Transportation—A long time ago

3. Transportation--Now

4. Transportation Facts
• For 2012-13, the Transportation Department transports
• 875 Special Education Students (3.9% of total District enrollment)
• 1900 Regular Education Students (8.6% of total District enrollment)
• Routes:
• 6 home to school
• 2 Middle school shuttles for Rancho Minerva/Madison
• 1 NCLB middle school route
• 1 NCLB elementary school route
• 1 High School shuttle run for Mission Vista High School
• Parent pay (Budgeted $126,000—only received $25,000 to date)
• Paid—103; Free/Reduced—143 (Annual Pass--$550)
• 48 did not renew after the 1st Semester
• 30 routes to out of district schools and non-public school programs

5. Transportation Facts
• Field Trips
• 80 Community Experience (Special Education)
• 1000 Regular Education
• 120 Charter Bus Trips
• Buses travel over 1,000,000 miles per year
• Staffing
• 1 Director
• 1 Operations Supervisor
• 1 Staff Secretary II
• 1 Office Assistant
• 2 Dispatchers/Schedulers
• 1 Driver Trainer
• 6 Transportation Assistants
• 4 Lead Bus Drivers
• 57 Bus Drivers
• 1 Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor
• 5 Mechanics

6. Transportation Facts
• Vehicle Inventory
• 91 Buses ranging in age from 1988-2012
• Of those:
• 22 Special Ed Buses (Cut-a-way Vans) exceed useful life by 16 years
• Replacement Cost $2.4 million
• 10 71-78 passenger buses which cannot be operated after December 2013
• Replacement Cost $1.6 million
• 9 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses will need the fuel tanks to be
replaced in 2016-17
• Replacement cost $20,000 per bus {$180,000}
• CNG fueling Station needs major upgrades—new station will cost $250,000
• Funding
• Home to School
• Revenue: $730,000
• Expenses: $1.3 million
• Additional General Fund Contribution: $635,000

7. Transportation Facts
• Funding
• Home to School (Continued)
• Mission Vista High School Shuttle
• Budgeted $126,000; received to date: $25,000
• Loss of $101,000
• Special Education
• Revenue: $736,000
• Expenses: $3.6 million
• Additional General Fund Contribution: $2.86 million

8. Current Issues
• Director—will be retiring as of February 28th
• Aging Fleet and replacement of fleet
• Vehicle Maintenance demands have increased
• Extra Curricular Transportation
• District Costs: $35.39/hour and $3.35/mile based on 2011-12 data
• Charter Bus Services
• District no longer providing support for extra curricular transportation
• Parents and students required to get there on their own
• Legal has indicated that if groups such as Foundations/Boosters wish to
contract out they may do so
• Do not have to go through the District (Education Code 44808)
• MVHS Shuttle Service encroachment