all, your goal needs to be safe, efficient transportation,” he said. Meanwhile, Lincoln County Schools in
West Virginia transports about 2,000 of a total 2,800 student enrollment. Though, every student is routed for. Director of Transportation Peggy Stone added that the district covers 439-square miles with different bell schedules across two areas of the county. She explained that in the af- ternoon her staff adds two runs that don’t exist in the morning. Plus, on one side of the county, elementary is released first in the afternoon followed by high school and then the middle school. But on the other end of the county, all the schools are released around the same time. She said it’s important for transpor-
tation to be involved in the bell time schedules as they are the ones tasked with getting kids to and from school. “Of course, all the schools more or less want
to start later,” she said, adding that at least one school has to start early. She noted that it takes 45 minutes for
one bus to get from an elementary on one side of the county to high school on the other. This school year, Stone said one of the middle schools wanted to start later and then dismiss earlier. “I can’t do that,” Stone recalled telling the principal. “I said I can let you stay later. … but then they didn’t want to open up their doors until 8 a.m., and I have an- other elementary that starts at 8 a.m. We can’t be at two places at one time and the kids can’t be late every day.” She said the superintendent had to in-
form the school it had to open at 7:30 a.m. with adequate staff to receive students. Another routing factor that Stone
recently experienced was needing to cancel or reroute some routes due to school bus turnarounds on routes not
87%
Of transportation directors/super- visors stated that their district has the same number of school buses on the road in the morning and afternoon.
(Out of 108 responses.)
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