1. Warren Township Study To Examine Enrollment Project (STEEP)
Finance and Transportation Team Update
February 5, 2016

2. Committee Goals/Deliverables
Transportation Goal:
Maximize transportation efficiency while ensuring safe routes consistent with state guidelines if a school building is closed and/or reconfigured, based on the alternative models agreed to by the BOE
Deliverables:
Set route guideline parameters (time on bus, distance, etc.)
Draft and measure routes
Estimate route costs (increase prices, more buses, state aid impact, etc.)
Analyze impact of the requirement to go out to bid
Please note: Since transportation routes are directly tied to school and student, recommend that the BOE consider final transportation analysis occur once the alternative models are further narrowed down.
Update: BOE agreed at the 10/26 BOE Meeting to hold analysis as recommended above

3. Finance/Transportation Update
Established current baseline cost for all schools, including transportation
Validated with Executive County Business Office, state aid will not be reduced if changes are made to our transportation model under STEEP
Established # of children on average on each bus and average route time
35-ALT; 37-CS; 31-MHS; 36-WS; 38-WMS
Average ride time for Elementary – 23 – 28 minutes
Average ride time for WMS – 30 minutes
No industry benchmarks exist for average ride time
Benchmarked districts which varied in size and structure, focused on unduplicated with longer ride times – average ride time was 45 minutes
No variation by grade
Proposal for STEEP: Average Ride time of 30 – 35 minutes
Estimated Increase of 7 minutes