A Beaver State of Mind The transportation facility at Beaverton School District felt like
home. The quaint Transportation Service Center wasn’t expan- sive, though it was certainly high tech, as all people entering required an identification badge. But despite being a larger dis- trict, there was a family atmosphere. The facility allowed for open communication, whether in the driver’s area, administration wing or bus garage. What really took center stage was the rows and rows of school buses parked outside. Beaverton School District is the largest publicly owned fleet in the state of Oregon with nearly quadruple the number of employees at Grossmont. Beaver said when he first arrived, he instantly noticed the advanced routing software, something that took time to learn. “Once I learned it, I’m like, oh my God, where’s this been all my life, it’s awesome,” he said of Tyler’s student transportation software. He noted that he took a lot of his lessons learned from Gross-
mont and implemented them in Beaverton, just on a larger scale. One of the advantages to being larger that Beaver said he has leaned into is the diversification of his fleet. “My colleagues here at the district will quote me saying, ‘Electric buses over my dead body.’ And, yes, I did say that,” he admitted, though he now drives a Telsa as his personal vehicle and has one of the largest fleets of electric electric school buses in the nation. The truth is, Beaver is a research aficionado.
Beaverton School District Operations – At a Glance Number of school bus
drivers on staff: 308
Number of school buses in fleet: 313 Number of routes: 259 GenEd students transported: 23,097 Special needs students transported: 979 McKinney-Vento students transported: 455 Miles traveled annually: 2,955,634 Square miles of district: 53
Congratulations
CRAIG BEAVER
Transportation Director Beaverton Oregon School District
STN
TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
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qstraint.com 32 School Transportation News • NOVEMBER 2024
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