posted
10/5/2009
Is there some reason that a personal vehicle should be pulled into the bus garage at the end of the day when most of the employees have left?
Although there is not a policy preventing a personal vehicle from being in the bus garage, this typically does not occur. On this day, the tire on a district employee's vehicle was running flat and the individual asked for help filling it with air.
posted
10/5/2009
Is there some reason that a personal vehicle should be pulled into the bus garage at the end of the day when most of the employees have left?
Although there is not a policy preventing a personal vehicle from being in the bus garage, this typically does not occur. On this day, the tire on a district employee's vehicle was running flat and the individual asked for help filling it with air.
posted 2/24/2009
After speaking with my neighbor, I found out she will be taking a special class to test bus drivers. This class is very expensive. How come the bus garage manager is not qualified to do these tests. It seems like a waste of money to have someone in a position that does not have the proper qualifications. Also the suburbans that are used all the time for running around town have snow plows on them . Aren't they very easy to take on and off? Why waste gas by keeping them on. Those cars are always driving all over the place. such a waste of money. Just one more thing I thought we have a tobacco free policy, the people who drive those cars always have cigarettes in their mouths. Is this a good example for our students?
The certified instructor class is $469, which is
aided and reimbursed at 79 percent so the actual net cost is $99 to
have an “in-house” person trained to conduct the tests. Our head bus
driver is certified and does give tests. However, there is a large
volume of tests required each year for every single driver and
additional support is needed. For example, 120 tests were given in
May 2008. It is also more cost-effective to train an “in-house” person rather
than sending drivers out of district to meet the requirements at an even
greater cost.
All bus drivers are required to take state-mandated tests annually and
bi-annually, including the Defensive Driving Review, a written test,
30-40 minute road exam and a physical performance test.
Supervisors often use their own vehicles during the day at no cost to
the district. The suburbans with snowplows leave the schools
infrequently. However, if they will be traveling for more than 30 miles
then the plow is taken off.
For more information about school bus driver requirements,
read a letter written by school bus driver Wendy Bell.
