Bussing Contract - Transportation

Its a shame the tranportation employees act so radical and try to scare the public. The facts speak for themselves. Most Allegheny County schools outsource their busses. It clearly shows that outsourcing saves alot of money and if those employees still want to ride our students to school, they too can keep their job but that will be up to the individual drivers to determine that choice (see RFP for Transportation). The district from their RFP explicitly stated this through in their bid. Drivers can continue to scare the public but eventually, outsourcing will occur. The numbers do not lie. Financially, Chartiers Valley needs to save money in all operations.

The most recent annual financial report provided from 2022/2023 for Allegheny County is below. The first table ranks the most efficient districts that receive the highest percentage of subsidy to their cost. Chartiers Valley School District is 36 out of 43. Chartiers Valley spends $5.3 Million in transportation and receive $970,000.00 in reimbursements. Just shy of a $1 Million per year. 18% of the districts costs are covered by this subsidy. Out of the school districts in Allegheny County, only 7 are in house with a few walking schools while all the rest outsource. To say outsourcing is a problem or that the district shouldn't, is turning a blind eye to saving money. The district will save at least $1 Million per year annually (and thats conservative, it could be more) while receiving a large one time payment for their busses ($2 Million or greater), plus lease their facility to the successful outsourced bussing company.

West Mifflin in comparison (comparable school district in size) spends $3 million to run their transportation department and receives $1.5 million in subsidy. 51% of their costs are covered! Not only do the majority of schools in Allegheny County outsource their bussing, their percentage covered by subsidy is so much higher - leading to more savings - CV should capture this savings through outsourcing.

Moon Area School District in comparison (MORE students than CV so they are bussing more students) spends $3.3 million to run their transportation department and receives approximately $851,000.00 in subsidy. 25.35% of their costs are covered! Moon busses more students yet pays dramatically less than Chartiers Valley for transportation services. A net Transportation cost of $2.5 million compared to Chartiers Valley's $4.3 million. Again, Not only do the majority of schools in Allegheny County outsource their bussing, their percentage covered by subsidy is so much higher - leading to more savings - CV should capture this savings through outsourcing.

The second table is sorted based on NET per student cost of transportation in Chartiers Valley based on reported on average daily membership (ADM). Chartiers Valley ranks 40 out of 43. The Chartiers Valley School District's per pupil transportation costs are at $1233.00 per student compared to a school district like West Mifflin which is at $634.48 per student, and Moon area school district's tranportation costs are $606.34. These schools are the same or larger in size but their expenses are dramatically less! Again, Chartiers Valley is overpaying. Lets save money! OUTSOURCE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT!

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