School district saves $41,000 in transportation costs
April 19, 2011
In cooperation with a Idaho State Department of Education Transportation specialist last year, Boundary County School District 101 transportation staff took a close look at all the school's bus routes and implemented changes, keeping the buses running on time and maintaining the district's long-standing school bus safety record.

With a close look at all the routes, and keeping in mind the needs of students and patrons, two regular routes were consolidated and ten more were reconfigured, and the result is a savings of around $41,000 in fuel and school bus maintenance.

Currently, between 750 and 800 students ride the bus to school each day on 15 routes, and many more are bused around the region for games and extracurricular activities. Buses running regular school routes travel more than 18,000 per month, and buses traveling to those extracurricular activities log an additional 3,500 to 5,000 miles per month.

During busy times, as many as 23 buses are traveling North Idaho roads on a given day.

Thanks to the review, the district's mechanics implemented a more efficient maintenance and safety inspection rotation to reduce wear and tear to the greatest extent possible.