Cache County School District Pupil Transportation 2011-2012 10,723 students Twice each day 180 days each year 3.9 million passenger trips per year 125 school buses

Cache Regular Ed.Students 3,654 (K-5) bused 5,078 (6-12) bused 8,732 Total bused 15,578 Total students

Percent of Students Transported State average 46% National Average 50% Cache average 56%

Students who are eligible for busing Students in grades K – 6 living at least 1.5 miles from their assigned school. Students in grades 7 – 12 living at least 2 miles from their assigned school. Students with disabilities whose IEP requires transportation are eligible regardless of distance from school. Title 53A of Utah code.

Cache – Logan Partnership Cache students 15578 Cache bused 8,732 Cache bused 56% Logan students 6,142 Logan bused 1,897 Logan bused 31%

Cache – Logan Partnership Cont. Not simply Cache providing transportation for Logan. Logan purchased 8 buses, which were placed in the combined fleet. If they bus more students (growth in student population, grade configurations, change start times or boundaries) they must purchase the additional buses.

School Times All County School Bell Times are the same as they were prior to the partnership with Logan except that many county schools have added early release to their schedules.

School Beginning and Ending Times CACHE COUNTY SCHOOLS SCHOOL DAY BEGINNING AND CLOSING TIMES (Monday - Thursday) 2011-2012 SCHOOL Beg. End Friday End Birch Creek 9:00 3:20 2:05 Canyon 9:05 3:25 2:10 Greenville 9:05 3:25 2:10 Heritage 9:05 3:25 2:10 Lewiston 9:05 3:25 2:10 Lincoln 9:05 3:25 2:10 Millville 9:05 3:25 2:10 Mountainside 9:05 3:25 2:10 Nibley 9:00 3:20 2:05 North Park 9:00 3:20 2:05 Park 9:00 3:20 2:05 Providence 9:05 3:25 2:10 River Heights 9:05 3:25 2:15 Summit 9:00 3:20 2:05 Sunrise 8:55 3:15 2:05 Wellsville 9:00 3:25 2:10  Cedar Ridge 7:30 2:10 12:55 Spring Creek 7:30 2:10 12:55 White Pine 7:30 2:10 12:55 Willow Valley 7:30 2:10 12:55    North Cache 7:50 2:35 1:20 South Cache 8:05 2:45 1:30 Mountain Crest 8:00 2:45 1:30 Sky View 7:45 2:35 1:20 Cache High 8:00 2:25 1:10

Items That Determine Numbers of Students Being Bused Number of available buses Grade configurations Length of day School locations

Bus Fleet Profile Logan regular ed. 6 Shop buses 8 Activity/field 15 Special needs 19 Cache regular ed. 77 Total buses 125

Bus Fleet Profile (cont.) Buses with more than 300,000 miles – 12 Buses with more than 200,000 miles – 58 Buses with more than 100,000 miles – 35 Buses with less than 100,000 miles – 20 We are the only district in the state to have standard transmission buses in the fleet. Our oldest school buses are model year 1989 We need to purchase around 7 per year to maintain a 20 year rotation. We are currently purchasing 4 per year.

B. Grade Configurations The fewer number of grades attending a school, means the boundary of the school has to be larger to gather enough students to fill the school. The greater number of grades attending a school, means the boundary of the school can be smaller to gather enough students to fill the school.

(b.) 2 Grades inside walk boundary

(b.) 3 Grades inside walk boundary

(b.) Grade Configurations, cont. In the North end of the district, some students attended 5 schools for: K-2, 3-5, 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12. Our schools are all now: K-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-12. Moving to this standard grade configuration has reduced the number of buses needed in the North end Elementary schools. Those buses have simply been moved to accommodate the need for additional buses to address high growth communities. In general principle, adding more grades to schools would allow us to use existing buses to address high growth areas without having to purchase additional buses at an unsustainable rate.

C. Length of School Day Current length of school days (Monday thru Thursday) Elementary Schools 6 hrs. 20 min. 6-7 Grade Schools 6 hrs. 40 min. 8-9 Grade Schools 6 hrs. 45 min. High Schools 6 hrs. 45 min.

D. School Locations Schools in larger population centers reduces the need for busing. For example: North Cache, whose school boundary is the entire north end of the valley, is located in the 4th largest community in the north, requiring us to bus students from 3 larger communities to the smaller community.

(d.) Bus Student Percentages School Total Students Students in walk boundary *Current Bus Students % Bused Birch Creek 590 90 449 76 Canyon 529 231 246 46 Greenville 556 255 259 Heritage 500 186 279 55 Lewiston 513 72 434 84 Lincoln 433 237 157 36 Mountain Side 496 110 356 71 Millville 428 188 201 Nibley 343 332 North Park 539 144 338 62 Park 306 211 73 23 Providence 535 266 230 42 River Heights 474 181 254 53 Summit 471 219 210 44 Sunrise 479 442 Wellsville 367 172 168 45 Cedar Ridge 651 85 548 Spring Creek 690 91 572 82 White Pine 458 47 389 Willow Valley 636 48 576 North Cache 1124 75 1035 92 South Cache 1179 173 984 83 Mountain Crest 1619 329 503 31 Sky View 1533 439 423 27 Cache High 129 37

Increase in Bus Routes 2 years ago – Increase 1 Special Needs route in South Last Year – Increase in 1 Special Needs route in North This Year – Increase in 1 Regular Ed Route in South End Next Year – Will need to increase 1 Regular Ed Route in South End

Passenger automobiles 0.86 (school bus is 172 times safer) School Bus Safety Record According to the National Safety Council in 1996, here is a comparative chart showing the risk of death to a passenger in the following transportation modes. This study was conducted in the United States in 1994 on the transportation death rate per 100 million passenger miles traveled. ( Dr. Cal LeMon, Unreported Miracles) Passenger automobiles 0.86 (school bus is 172 times safer) Railroad passenger trains 0.04 (school bus is 8 times safer) Scheduled airlines Transit buses 0.02 (school bus is 4 times safer) Intercity buses School buses Less than 0.005