A school bus holds 49 children and the school monitor’s busing route is to have the buses go up central street and have pick up students from all the schools on the same bus. If the bus picked all 49 students and each student goes to a different school and it takes 10 minutes from one school to the next school, it would take 480 minutes or 8 hours. If a van was used which hold 19 children it would take 180 minutes, three hours. This does not take in to consideration the time to pick up the students nor the time to get to the first school. It also doesn’t take into consideration the driver’s lunch break and coffee breaks. By the time they get to school it will be over. Also if the student are on the bus more than 3 hours the students will need lunch too. The drivers are going to be making overtime. Before this change the driver worked maybe 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening every day or 20 hours a week. Now they will be working 9-10 hours in the morning and two hour in the evening 55-60 hours every hour over 40 hours per week, that 15-20 hours overtime,which is usually time and a half. Who is going to pay for this? If it’s the district, busing expense just tripled and if it’s the bus company they will be bankrupt within the month.
I am not saying this will happen but it could happen.