A Total of 6,842 Students receive Transportation Services

3,228 students ride yellow busesOf those riding yellow buses:

• 796 are special education students

• 730 attend non-public schools

• 214 attend after-school-programs

• 151 are Mc Kinney Vento students

• 113 students go to babysitters

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3,614 RIDE CDTA BUSES Of those riding CDTA buses:

• 838 attend non-public schools

Tripper routes service the following schools:

• Albany High School

• Hackett Middle School

• Stephen & Harriet Myers Middle School

• Edmund O’Neal Middle School - tentative

• Albany International Center – tentative

Of the 6,842 Students receiving Transportation Services;

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Transportation Department Serves 68 schools

SchoolsPublic Schools - 19

Non-Public Schools - 17

Special Education In-District - 8

Special Education Out-of-District - 24

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Yellow Bus VendorsFirst Student

Home to School – 88 routes• 61 small bus routes• 27 large bus route

Equipment• 33 Large buses

• 64 Small buses (including w/c)

Brown TransportationHome to School – 2 routes

• Students transported – 8

• Schools Serviced – 2

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Current Staffing9 - Full Time Office & Tech Staff2 - Part Time Office Staff Members

90 – Drivers total of which68 - Regular Route Drivers9 - Substitute Drivers

13 - Out-of-Town Drivers68 - Regular Bus Aides/Monitors

2 Substitute Bus Aides5 - Part Time Trainers

21 – new hires in various stages of training

Total Staffing 197

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On-going Recruitment EffortsOnline recruiting using Indeed or similar

Radio & TV advertising

Multiple job fairs – next one on January 10th

Offering bonuses to current drivers that refer successful applicants

Community advertising in the form of flyers, banners, lawn signs, etc.

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Challenges…• Limited to part-time work (25 hrs./wk.) with good hourly pay ($20) rate

• Limited access to benefits

• Small local pool of applicants with lots of competition from other districts and vendors

• Training is extensive, lasting several weeks. Many times the first available road test is months out. We often lose potential drivers because they need a job right away, as opposed to in 3-4 months.

• Local and national shortage of drivers• https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/05/22/capital-region-schools-face-bus-driver-shortage

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Goals

SAFE & SECURE• Continue to provide students

of the district safe, secure, efficient, equitable and effective transportation.

• Continue a positive and mutually rewarding relationship with the two primary vendors.

POLICY & REGULATION• Continue to ensure full

compliance with all state and federal regulations, and mandates.

• Continue to adhere to BOE policy.

NEW SOFTWAREExplore and implement software options.

• First View – First Student’s bus tracker app

• Tripfinder – a resource for scheduling and tracking field trips through our routing software

• First Acts – First Student’s ridership behavior tracking system

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