Rolla school bus use report OK’d by board

By R.D. Hohenfeldt
Posted Feb 21, 2012 @ 01:22 PM
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Rolla school buses drive 410,292 miles per year, according to the annual ridership report approved by the Rolla Board of Education Thursday night.

Here’s a look at some other figures from the report:

  • “Regular” route riders: 2,215
  • Dent-Phelps students: 14
  • Edgar Springs students: 32
  • Special needs students: 50
  • Early childhood students: 30
  • Total enrolled bus riders: 2,341
  • Vocational shuttle students: 319
  • Riders living less than 1 mile from school of destination: 241
  • Regular route miles: 1,701
  • Non-resident miles: 140
  • Vocational shuttle miles: 87
  • Early childhood miles: 117
  • Special needs miles: 257
  • Sylvan miles: 56
  • Daily miles: 2,358.

Average projected vocational miles: 3,880
In other business:

  • Surplus property was declared, including tools and textbooks.
  • Obsolete property was declared — a Sony digital camera — and will be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.
  • Board members noted these upcoming events:
  • First March board meeting and legislative session: Thursday, March 1, closed session at 5 p.m., dinner with legislators at 6 p.m. and open session at 6:30 p.m.
  • Distinction in Performance banquet: Monday, March 5, 6 p.m. at the Havener Center.
  • Board candidates forum: Monday, March 12, 4 p.m., Room 134, D. Kent King Administration Center.
  • March board meeting: Thursday, March 15, 5 p.m. closed session and 5:30 p.m. open session.

Rolla school buses drive 410,292 miles per year, according to the annual ridership report approved by the Rolla Board of Education Thursday night.

Here’s a look at some other figures from the report:

  • “Regular” route riders: 2,215
  • Dent-Phelps students: 14
  • Edgar Springs students: 32
  • Special needs students: 50
  • Early childhood students: 30
  • Total enrolled bus riders: 2,341
  • Vocational shuttle students: 319
  • Riders living less than 1 mile from school of destination: 241
  • Regular route miles: 1,701
  • Non-resident miles: 140
  • Vocational shuttle miles: 87
  • Early childhood miles: 117
  • Special needs miles: 257
  • Sylvan miles: 56
  • Daily miles: 2,358.

Average projected vocational miles: 3,880
In other business:

  • Surplus property was declared, including tools and textbooks.
  • Obsolete property was declared — a Sony digital camera — and will be disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner.
  • Board members noted these upcoming events:
  • First March board meeting and legislative session: Thursday, March 1, closed session at 5 p.m., dinner with legislators at 6 p.m. and open session at 6:30 p.m.
  • Distinction in Performance banquet: Monday, March 5, 6 p.m. at the Havener Center.
  • Board candidates forum: Monday, March 12, 4 p.m., Room 134, D. Kent King Administration Center.
  • March board meeting: Thursday, March 15, 5 p.m. closed session and 5:30 p.m. open session.
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