The Whitney Point School District has 28 regular bus runs. In addition, there are eight specialized runs (BOCES placements, special education placements) in vans and one suburban each day. Our transportation fleet includes 35 large passenger buses, two suburban vehicles, four cars, six vans and four handicapped vans. Spare vehicles, a necessary part of the fleet, are used for sports trips, field trips and rotating other buses through regularly scheduled maintenance. The District replaces several vehicles each year as part of its replacement schedule and those replaced usually range in age from 11-14 years and have incurred approximately 130,000 to 150,000 miles.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Our buses traveled 566,000 miles during the 2011-12 school year.
• The buses make approximately 770 stops each day.
• Drivers are required to be 19A certified with a CDL Class B license with Passenger and School Bus endorsements; have annual physicals; submit to random drug and alcohol testing, receive biannual refresher training, and pass road tests every other year.
• Each bus goes through a 200 point DOT inspection twice a year. Our DOT approval rate in 2011-12 was 99.1%. (An excellent rating is considered to be 90% or higher.)
• The District's fueling station saves $.61 per gallon of diesel fuel. Roughly 78,500 gallons of fuel will be used during the year resulting in an estimated savings of $47,900 for the 2012-13 school year.