How Rockwood Bus Seats are Calculated
A Patch reader asked if bus capacity could be explained. We secured answers from William Sloan, Rockwood School District director of purchasing and transportation.
The following bus-related questions from Patch were addressed by William Sloan, Rockwood School District director of purchasing and transportation in Eureka. How is the number of students allowed per bus arrived at? Specifically, how many students per seat? Some parents think three middle schoolers per seat doesn't leave room. "We work with First Student on ridership and bus loading, but the answer to your question is complicated. The routing system used by First Student utilizes a weighted load factor by grade that determines how many students are assigned to a bus. As an example for high school, a factor of .05 is used for 12th graders. This means 5 percent of the seniors are expected to ride. The factor used for 11th grade is .10, for …
Denise Bertacchi
10:31 pm on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
My middle schooler's bus was not late, so when the call came my kid was already pulling up to school. more ›