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From YouTube: Superintendent’s Presentation: Transportation Update
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Excerpt from Board of Education Meeting, October 14, 2022, Agenda Item 5.01 Superintendent's Report. Full Board of Education Meeting available to view here: https://youtu.be/jfNRmwJt9-s
A
All
right,
I
think
we're
ready
to
go.
There's
a
couple
of
reasons
why
I
wanted
to
come
up
and
do
this
presentation
number
one
I
think
it's
important
for
the
superintendent
every
now
and
again
to
come
up
and
present
and
to
stay
relevant
with
you
know
how
you
present
to
a
board,
but
to
also
model
for
faculty
and
staff
around
just
how
you
present
and
and
I
think.
Sometimes
it
can
create
a
lot
of
uncomfortable
feelings
when
people
come
and
speak
in
front
of
the
board
and
I.
A
Remember
my
first
time
having
to
speak
in
front
of
a
board
in
Baltimore
County
I
had
a
three
button
suit
and
I
button,
all
three
of
them
up
and
everybody
knew
I
was
nervous
and
my
superintendent
was
laughing.
But
ultimately
you
know
this
is
just
about
helping
everybody
kind
of
relax
on
how
we
do
these
presentations.
A
The
final
reason
is:
we've
worked
on
a
new
template
and
this
template
will
become
a
common
template
that
we
utilize
I
feel
that
we
are
probably
about
95
percent
of
where
I
would
like
for
the
template
to
be,
but
it's
a
template
that
will
allow
for
us
to
truly
have
some
cohesion
with
the
presentation,
some
connection
to
policies,
some
understanding
of
where
how
where
we
were
where
we
are
now,
where
we
plan
to
go
and
also
include
some
data.
A
So
that
way
anybody
can
go
back
to
these
slides
and
they
can
go
on
to
our
website
or
to
YouTube,
and
they
can
refer
back
to
what
we
talked
about.
So,
let's
kind
of
run
through
this
template,
so
you
can
see
where
we
are.
First
slide
is
basically
on
connect
and
policy.
So
we
know
that
there
are
federal
laws
that
we
have
to
adhere
to
as
a
school
district.
In
addition
to
board
policy
and
administrative
regulations,
we
know
from
a
federal
standpoint.
A
We
have
to
make
sure
that
students
are
that
receive
special
education
services
are
getting
service.
In
addition
to
our
mckinney-vento
students,
which
all
our
homeless
kids,
they
take
precedence
over
any
and
everything,
because
that
is
a
federal
law
that
may
mean
that
it
creates
constraints,
it's
kind
of
like
when
you
build
a
master
schedule
and
you
have
triple
tens
or
you
have
double
tins
or
you
have
Singletons
right.
Single
tens
are
a
lot
easier
because
you
can
just
plug
those
in
it's
a
one
schedule.
A
One
class:
when
you
have
these
triple
tens,
it
becomes
a
lot
harder
and
so
for
us
and
transfer
rotation
is
the
reverse
right.
Those
single
teams
become
a
lot
harder
because
they
are
outliers.
You
have
to
go
and
pick
these
kids
up
outside
of
county
lines.
It
may
be
a
certain
amount
of
distance.
A
Kids,
so
we
have
to
become
more
creative
in
how
we
counter
that,
but
making
sure
that
we
adhere
to
federal
law
and
then
our
board
policy
EAA
in
our
administrative
regulations
really
for
the
county.
We're
committed
to
provide
transportation
for
students
based
on
student
residence
in
relationship
to
their
school,
in
addition
to
approved
out
of
area
transfers
and
then
extraordinary
circumstances
that
warrant
School
us
transportation.
A
So
here's
some
of
our
current
challenges.
We
have
a
nationwide
bus
driver
shortage
and
everybody's
fully
aware
of
that.
We
have
non-competitive
wages
as
compared
to
the
private
sector,
and
we
talk
to
you
all
about
who
some
of
those
competitors
are
a
few
weeks
ago
shortened
time
frame
limits
the
use
of
some
buses.
We
move
from
a
four
tier
to
a
three-tier
routing
system
to
also
become
more
efficient
in
adherence
with
Prismatic
findings.
A
High
Cost
of
Living
in
Anne
Arundel
County,
as
an
outsider
coming
in
I,
can
tell
you
I'm
feeling
every
bit
of
it
and
I'm
the
superintendent
and
I
think
that
for
our
County
being
the
third
wealthiest,
that's
a
conversation
that
we
have
to
have
in
the
future.
Right.
If
we
want
to
be
great,
it
costs
to
be
great,
it
costs
to
be
competitive
with
Howard
County,
Montgomery,
County
and
some
of
these
other
districts.
But
then
we
also
know
that
you
know
we
have
tax
Caps
or
we
haven't
maximized.
A
What
we
can
go
after
in
order
to
make
sure
that
we
are
much
more
competitive
in
terms
of
who
we
can
hire
and
what
type
of
people
we
can
attract
to
work
in
the
school
district.
And
then
we
have
a
tight
labor
market.
I
mean
the
County
unemployment
rate
is
3.7
percent,
so
at
the
end
of
the
day,
there's
just
simply
not
a
whole
bunch
of
human
Talent
out
there
to
recruit
from
when
the
vast
majority
of
people
are
already
working
and
they're
working
in
positions
that
offer
a
much
more
competitive
salary.
A
Here's
some
of
our
progress
and
we
talk
about
what.
What
have
we
done
to
try
to
counter
some
of
those
barriers
that
I
shared
with
you
on
the
previous
slide
driver
retention?
And
if
you
see
here,
we
added
in
September
2021
a
one
percent
cost
of
living
to
to
the
employees
July
2022,
10
Cola.
We
did
retention
and
sign
on
bonuses.
A
So
we
also
know
that
from
a
retention
and
cyanos
bonus
standpoint,
you
know
I've
had
two
meetings,
Now
with
Stuart
Pittman,
our
County
Executive,
and
they
were
generous
in
supporting
us
with
additional
funding
to
allow
for
us
to
help
recruit
some
some
more
bus
drivers
in
the
really
focus
on
this
Workforce
development.
So
we're
thankful
for
that
partnership
and
when
I
met
with
him
last
week,
I
shared
with
him
that
we
would
be
providing
an
update
to
the
community
around
where
we
are.
We
do
talk
a
lot
about
outside
of
the
box.
A
Thinking
when
I
met
with
Terry
Whitehead
and
her
team,
the
other
day
who's
a
director
over
Transportation
what
I
shared
with
them-
and
this
is
just
verbatim
right-
we
we
have
to
try
to
do
things
differently
and
we
have
to
be
willing
to
fail
and
you
have
to
be
given
the
space
that
is
okay
to
fail.
Not
trying
anything
to
me
is
the
ultimate
failure
and
those
are
the
ultimate
decisions
that
I
have
to
make
around.
A
If
we
can't
fix
it
because
we're
not
trying
anything,
then
we
have
to
look
at
different
directions
to
go
in
period.
So
after
meeting
with
them,
some
of
what
you're
getting
ready
to
hear
will
begin
to
share
with
you
some
of
the
some
of
the
work
that
they've
been
working
on
all
along.
So
you
can
see
here
some
of
our
progress
routes.
Without
an
assigned
driver
started
school,
we
were
at
78.
We
are
down
to
46
routes
right
now
that
do
not
have
an
assigned
driver.
A
A
We're
going
to
fix
this
I
promise
you
it's
just
going
to
take
some
time
and
generally
in
any
school
district.
It
takes
the
first
month
for
you
to
kind
of
figure
out
what
you
need
to
do
from
an
efficiency
standpoint
to
determine
who
rides
who's,
not
riding
to
determine
who
the
no
shows
are,
and
normally
you
will
begin
to
see
this
decrease
and
that's
what
we're
experiencing
right.
Now,
we've
seen
this
reduction
and
and
here's
another
example
of
it.
On
the
first
week
of
schooling,
we
talk
about
on
September
6th.
A
That
was
the
first
week
that
we
have
full
runs
right,
83
routes
without
any
service,
and
those
routes
now
are
down
to
63..
So
we're
continuously
making
this
progress
and
becoming
more
efficient
with
how
we
are
rerouting
and
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing.
But
this
is
the
progress
that
I
think
our
community
wants
to
see.
It's
not
perfect.
We
want
it
to
be
perfect
and
and
I
think
there
are
some
other
things
that
we
will
share
with
you
in
a
few
minutes.
How
difficult
this
is.
It
is
a
lot
of
work.
A
Our
team
is
examining
routes
at
the
granular
level,
they're
looking
at
every
single
route,
and
they
are
trying
to
determine
where
they
can
make
changes
to
provide,
provide
relief
to
families
and
students
impacted
by
these
outages,
109
locations,
520
buses,
1200
plus,
runs,
and
that
does
not
include
our
special
education
runs.
So
it
is
a
massive
operation
that
we're
having
to
navigate
through
and
try
to
address
these
deficits
so
that
we
don't
commit
any
further
harm
to
children
by
not
being
able
to
get
them
to
school.
A
What
we
have
experienced
is
that
our
single,
tiered
high
school
and
middle
school
buses
are
the
routes
are
too
long
to
service
another
school
in
the
morning
in
the
afternoon,
but
what
staff
has
done
is
they've
actually
identified
single-tier
buses
that
have
a
high
school
run
that
is
long
enough
to
prohibit
a
second
run
out
of
middle
school
or
Elementary
School
in
both
the
morning
and
afternoon
or
middle
school
run.
That
is
long
enough
to
prohibit
a
second
run
at
an
elementary
school
or
high
school.
So
let
me
kind
of
break
down
what
that
means.
A
If
you
look
at
this
slide,
because
we
know
that
those
long
runs
creates
a
lot
of
constraints
on
us,
we
do
believe
that
we
have
about
40
buses,
that
coming
from
a
high
school
or
middle
school
could
increase
an
opportunity
for
a
money
morning
run
at
for
middle
school.
So
that
means
we
may
have
the
ability
to
get
more
kids
to
school
in
the
morning
for
a
middle
school,
but
parents
may
have
to
still
pick
them
up
in
the
afternoon
right,
so
it
minimizes
the
burden
and
it
solves
half
of
our
problem.
A
The
same
applies
at
elementary.
There
are
opportunities
where
we
can
do
an
afternoon
run
for
an
elementary
school,
and
so
what
would
happen
is
the
parents
would
drop
them
off,
and
then
we
can
guarantee
that
we
will
be
able
to
bring
the
kids
home
in
the
afternoon
with
these
40
different
buses,
and
so
we
think
that
this
is
something
that
can
begin
on
October
17th.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
right,
our
team,
is
in
the
process
now
of
determining
exact
routes
that
could
benefit
from
this
and
and
plan
to
begin
partial
service,
either
in
the
morning
or
afternoon,
on
these
routes.
Monday,
October,
17th,
now
I
want
to
be
very
crystal
clear
because
transparency
matters
as
I
said
from
day
one.
While
this
is
not
a
cure
for
families,
it
is
a
temporary
solution
to
half
of
the
Dilemma.
A
significant
number
of
students
currently
face.
A
This
Arrangement
will
allow,
for
example,
for
a
family
with
an
elementary
school
student
to
know
that
the
student
will
be
taken
home
from
school
on
a
bus
in
the
afternoon.
The
same
would
apply.
It
would
be
true
for
a
middle
school
student
being
taken
to
school
in
the
morning,
so
the
million
dollar
question
is
what
will
determine
which
routes
are
covered.
This
is
where
a
lot
of
our
Equity
lends
work
have
to
come
in
right.
Will
students
be
able
to
get
to
school
on
time?
A
A
While
we
continue
to
address
the
vacancy
issues
that
we
have
with
school
bus
drivers-
and
we
are
asking
that
families
work
with
us
as
we
go
through-
that
we
will
examine
barriers
and
attempt
to
eliminate
those
negative
barriers
by
looking
at
this
entire
effort
in
an
equity
lens
from
a
fairness
standpoint.
This
is
part
of
what
we
talked
about
as
our
team.
We
talked
about
at
the
start
of
the
second
semester
for
families
that
have
not
had
a
route.
A
They
should
have
a
route
that
creates
a
level
of
discomfort
for
other
families.
Who've
been
allotted
Transportation
during
the
first
semester,
but
it's
the
fair
thing
to
do.
We
like
we
all,
have
to
kind
of
share
this
burden,
this
pain
a
little
bit
and
what
I
hope
is
over
the
next
two
months.
We're
able
to
feel
as
many
of
those
vacancies.
So
we
don't
have
to
you
know,
have
a
substantial
disruption
to
Transportation,
but
as
a
school
district,
we
have
a
responsibility.
A
I,
don't
think
it's
fair
for
any
family
to
have
to
go
a
full
year
without
transportation,
that's
not
right
and
as
a
superintendent
I,
that's
just
not
something
that
I
can
stand
for.
So
we
will
look
at
that,
and
that
is
a
part
of
the
work
that
we
will
be
doing.
We
will
make
sure
that
families
are
that
are
being
impacted
at
the
start
of
the
second
semester
that
Advance
notification
will
be
provided
for
those
families.
So
this
is
not
a
surprise.
A
So,
on
the
next
slide,
this
is
kind
of
what
it
will
look
like
when
a
driver
is
hired
and
I'm
going
to
show
you
this
this.
These
are
currently
schools
that
don't
have
no
service
or
schools
with
partial
service.
So
as
we
hire
drivers,
this
is
what
it
begins
to
look
like.
A
We
then
will
take
that
school
that
may
have
partial
service
and
that
school
becomes
a
full
service
school.
Now
the
school
that
doesn't
have
partial
service
we're
possible
because
we've
hired
these
additional
Riders.
Those
schools
now
will
be
in
a
situation
where
they
will
either
have
am
service
or
they
will
have
PM
service.
So
it
will
allow
for
us
to
reduce
the
amount
of
students
that
still
aren't
being
transported
because
of
this
work
that
we've
done
without
us
having
to
hire
an
additional
bus
driver.
A
We
have
now
created
Five
routes
that
now
have
full
service
as
a
result
of
the
work
that
our
team
has
done.
Looking
at
these
run,
these
partial
runs,
and
this
is
a
permanent
fix
right.
Five,
no
service
routes
now
have
four
routes,
and
if
you
go
in
and
take
a
look
at
our
list,
you
can
see
where
we're
beginning
to
show
some
reduction
in
schools
and
areas
where
the
numbers
have
been
substantially
higher
than
everybody
else,
you're
beginning
to
see
reductions
in
those
areas,
so
alternative
transportation.
A
You
may
have
heard
me
mention
probably
four
weeks
ago
or
maybe
even
six
weeks
ago,
we
have
to
take
a
different
look
at
a
CDL
right.
A
CDL
may
not
necessarily
be
what
is
of
the
greatest
value
to
us
anymore,
especially
if
we
know
we're
training
all
of
these
people,
and
we
only
holding
on
to
a
certain
percent
of
them
right
in
the
end.
Is
that
a
fabulous
investment
within
the
school
district
or
not?
A
Because
we
still
if
we
can
get
25
percent,
that's
better
than
nothing
but
I'm,
not
interested
in
us
having
75
percent
of
people
that
we
try
to
train
either
they're
not
successful
for
whatever
reason,
because
they
can't
pass
the
test
or
they
can't
pass
other
items
or
we're
just
simply
in
a
situation
where
they
get
the
cdl
and
they're
leaving
us.
So
this
is
an
alternative
transportation
plan
that
we
have
that
we're
working
on.
A
We
have
an
emergency
RFP
on
the
street
right
now
to
procure
more
Vans,
and
what
we
believe
is
that,
as
we
bring
these
Vans
online,
it
will
free
up
CDL
licensed
drivers
and
their
buses
to
repurpose
for
routes
that
currently
have
outages.
So
what
what
we
do
with
these
Vans
McKinney
vento,
if
you
go
back
to
the
second
slide,
McKinney
ventos,
those
those
those
outlier
routes
that
we
have
to
pick
off.
We
could
help
with
that.
There
are
some
long
routes
out
in
South
County,
where
transportation
is
difficult.
A
You'll
be
able
to
use
these
Vans
to
kind
of
help
us
with
some
of
those
outlier
areas
and
most
certainly
with
our
special
education
students
in
situations
where
they
may
not
even
need
an
aid.
If
they
need
an
aid,
then
that's
a
whole
different
ball
game
around
how
we
provide
transportation,
but
we
think
that
this
plan
will
help
us-
and
this
is
not
just
short
term-
we're.
Looking
at
this
from
a
long-term
standpoint,
we're
looking
at
it
from
the
school
district
owning
these
this
and
creating
our
own
Fleet
right.
A
We
have
to
also
think
about
that.
I
went
to
our
site
out
on
Millersville
Road
yeah,
it's
pretty
awful
I
went
out
there
I'm
just
calling
it
the
way.
I
see
it,
it's
just
an
awful
facility,
but
this
this
is
what
we
have
right.
We
need
a
comprehensive
site,
because
if
you
want
to
try
to
attract
some
national
people
to
come
in
right,
you,
you
need
to
have
a
bus
lot.
A
You
need
to
have
a
comprehensive
bus
lot
that
can
hold
it
because
it
can
hold
the
fleet
for
us
to
be
able
to
have
more
control,
and
when
we
have
more
control,
we
get
the
control
where
those
buses
go
and
who
gets
picked
up
and
who
doesn't
and
we
get
to
use
data
to
make
that
decision.
It
is
very
hard
when
you
have
16
different
providers.
A
You
don't
have
a
lot
of
say
over
who
goes
and
works
for
what
vendor,
and
this
is
not
taking
a
shot
at
vendors
right
I
think
we
just
have
a
responsibility
to
have
more
ownership
as
a
school
district
over
our
own
fate.
I.
Just
don't
like
putting
on
my
faith
in
the
hands
of
other
people
when
I
think
we
can
control
that.
A
Here's
how
we
see
it
from
a
pipeline
standpoint
possible
future
Pathways
from
Van
Driver
to
bus
driver,
it's
much
easier
to
get
a
van
driver
right
now,
because
they
don't
have
to
have
a
CDL,
but
then
it
also
allows
for
us
to
pay
them.
While
we
also
can
work
with
them
to
train
them
up
to
eventually
Drive
CDL,
and
maybe
we
buy
some
time
in
a
manner
in
which
we're
now
able
to
compensate
them
more.
So
as
we
groom
them,
they
don't
want
to
go
anywhere
else,
and
it's
not
just
about
Compensation
Board
Community.
A
It's
about
how
you
treat
people,
you
treat
people.
Well,
sometimes
people
just
need
time
right
little.
Things
can
go
a
long
way
and
that's
something
that
we
have
to
think
about.
In
this
highly
competitive
Workforce,
what
do
we?
How
do
we
treat
our
people
and
if
we
treat
them
well,
sometimes
that
supersedes
money,
even
though
in
this
County
people
need
money,
it's
expensive
to
live
here,
I'm
just
going
to
keep
saying
that,
so
we
will
continue
to
explore
options
in
an
effort
to
eliminate
Transportation
disparities
across
the
county.
A
Every
time
I
receive
an
email
from
parents
and
I've
gotten
some
great
emails.
Some
great
ideas,
just
like
this
morning,
I
sent
that
over
to
my
team,
Matt,
stansky
and
Terry
Whitehead,
and
what
we,
when
we
can
act
on
those
we
will
so
I
want
people
to
know
we're
not
close-minded.
We
don't
have
all
the
answers
and
we
don't
Proclaim
to
have
all
of
the
answers.