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Bus Survey Reveals Inadequate Program
A survey in form of a reso- (
lution released by the Georgia i
State Board of Education re
vealed that the pupil transpor- |
tation programs in Georgia’s'
counties are inadequate and in
efficient.
According to the report, 83
counties spent $763,356.30 more
money for the operation of these
programs than was actually
needed when calculated by the
formula of the MFPE law.
The report states that school
bus routes have not been ade
quately changed and rearranged
according to the consolidation
move which is taking place in
the state. Fewer pupils are being
transported, but the same num
ber of buses is being employed.
The transportation committee,
headed by Henry Stewart, chair
man, recommends that the
transportation committee be al
lowed to survey the situation in
every county and have the
power and authority to fix, lo
cate, and determine school bus
routes in counties .
A RESOLUTION
Whereas, our studies of the
pupil transportation programs
in the 159 counties point up
many inequities, much inade
quacy, and inefficiency in the
planning and the organization
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of the programs at the county
level as is evidenced herewith,
namely:
1. That 83 counties spent a
total of $763,356.30 more money
for maintenance and operation
of buses than their needs as cal
culated by the formula of the
MFPE law, and
2. That 63 of these counties
have had a loss of transported
pupils since 1953-54 in one or
both races, and
3. That 75 counties received
$503,029.56 more than their ex
penditures for maintenance and
operation of school buses, and
4. That 91 counties reported
less white pupils and 39 coun
ties reported less Negro pupils
transported in 1957-58 than in
1953-54 or an unduplicated
count of 104 counties, and
5. That 36 of the 91 counties
increased their number of white
buses by 94 buses, and 20 of the
39 counties increased their num
ber of Negro buses by 43 buses
for a total of 137 buses, there
by increasing the costs by
$361,481.35, and
6. That the original purchase
price of the said 137 buses is
estimated at $548,000.00. and
7. That the said counties lost
7.340 pupils, an equivalency of
85 buses, thereby causing an ex-
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penditure of $224,276.75, and
8. That 24 of the 91 counties
lost white pupils and 14 of the
39 counties lost Negro pupils for
a total of 5.059 pupils, an equiv
alency of 58 buses, yet continued
to use the same number of buses,
thereby causing an expenditure
of $153,035.90, and
9. That although five years
ago the contract type of owner
ship cost the service approxi
mately $800,000.00, it still was
costing the service $153,035.90 in
1957-58, and
10. That our transportation
program has grown so rapidly,
the impact of the building pro
gram, which brought about a
reduction of the number of
schools from 3,906 to 1,647, was
so immense, the loss or gain of
transported pupils is so influ
encial, coupled with the fact
that we have had no organized
attempt to rearrange bus routes
in accordance with the needs of ]
the pupils transported, we now |
have a tremendous hodge-podge
program loaded with inequities,
inadequacies and inefficiencies,
and
11. That as an illustration,
there are 108 counties having a
density of 4.99 pupils per square
mile or less in the white race.
Only four of these counties are
doing a per bus service equal
to or more than the state aver
age of 86.3 pupils. These counties
have 54.6 7 c of the buses in the
white race and transport only
39.2% of the white pupils trans
ported. They made 43.1% of the
trips made by buses serving the
white race. The per bus service
was 61.1 pupils and the per trip
service was 50.8 pupils, and
12. That these counties used
1,809 buses in the white race.
However, if the per bus service
had been equal to the state
average, a total of 1,280 buses
would have been used, and
13. That there is much use-
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less travel by buses, many driv
ers live too far from the be
ginning of routes, much dupli
cation of travel service, too
many hazardous stops, no policy
for determining stops, too many
spur routes, much travel of
empty buses, and little organ
ized planning of routes, and
14. That most of the current
bus routes were established be
fore the inauguration of the era
of consolidated schools and be
fore the current trend of loss
of transported pupils, and
15. That few counties have
any definite policies concerning
travel other than “home-to
school” travel, and
16. That there is no training
program for drivers and bus
mechanics, and
17. That because of the polit
ical nature involved in pupil
transportation local school ad
; ministrators are oftentimes
handicapped in their efforts to
I bring about safe, efficient, ade
! quate and economical transpor
i tation that is within their fi
nancial ability, and
18. That there is much area
not served by school buses in
some counties that should be de
termined and deducted from
the area of the counties, and
19. That as of June 2, 1959,
1 we have photostatic copies of the
i reports of the State Department
/of Public Safety on 114 school
' j bus accidents, of which 36.8%
'j of the accidents involved the
I judgment of the school bus
' drivers, and
’ I 20. That these reports indi
' | cate that we have had 11 fa
> I talities among pupils riding
school buses and 3 fatalities
11 among passengers in other ve-
hicles involved in the 114 acci
’; dents, and 60 injuries.
■ j Therefore, be it resolved that
> the committee recommend to
the Georgia State Board of Edu
■ I cation that effective July 1, 1959,
the most impor
tant aspects of a
new baby’s life,
and you can be
pretty sure if the
baby is fed prop
erly, he will get
the right amount
of sleep.
“How” the baby
is to be fed is a
question to be set
tled with your
doctor. If a for
mula is decided
upon, the milk
used in making
the formula will
probably be evap
orated milk. Add
ed to the milk
will be water and
a form of sugar.
The amounts of
the ingredients
wi 11 be directed
by the doctor, and
he will also de-
a state-wide survey be inaugu
rated in the transportation pro
grams of each county as rapidly
and as effectively as available
personnel and resources will
allow in such manner as will
provide for
1. The determination of the
number of grades taught and
the pupil capacity of each school
site, and
2. The assignment of walking
students to each site, and
3. The assignment of pupils
transported to each site, and
4. The rearrangement of bus
routes within the boundary of
each attendance area circum
scribed about each site in ac
cordance with needs of the
children, and
5. The assignment of buses to
routes in accordance with the
seating capacity, and as pro
vided by the rules and regula
tions of the State Board of Edu
cation, and
6. Ascertaining the total num
ber of buses needed by races.
Be it further resolved, that
the committee recommends the
following state school laws and
policies of the State Board of
Education be used as criteria in
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conducting the pupil transpor
tation surveys, namely:
1. State aid is made available
for pupil transportation for
those pupils entitled to trans
portation service.
2. Pupils who live within one
and one-half mile radius of the
school to which they are eli
gible to attend shall not be el
igible to be counted as trans
ported pupils for state aid. Any
pupil living within one and one
half miles of the school attended
and who is prevented from
walking to the school because of
a natural or artificial barrier,
may make application to the
State Board of Education for a
certificate excusing him from
the provisions of this rule, and
if the certificate is granted, such
pupils may be transported and
may be counted for state aid
purposes.
3. The county boards of edu
cation have the full responsi
bility for the complete mainte
nance and proper operation of
school buses.
4. The county boards of edu
cation shall place all bus driv
ers under written contract, and
same be kept on file in the
office of the county superinten
dent, subject to inspection by
the State Department of Educa
tion, and shall have attached
thereto a report of the physical
examination of the driver.
5. County boards may own and
operate buses or may contract
with individuals and/or cor
porations for the transportation
of pupils.
6. County boards of education
are authorized and shall be re
quired to insure pupils riding to
and from school against bodily
injury or death resulting from
accident or injury involving said
bus. The minimum amount of
liability coverage shall be SIOO,-
000 per bus and $500.00 medical
payment per pupil.
7. County boards shall require
the county school superinten
dent or someone designated by
him to discuss the county’s
school bus accident reports at a
regular monthly meeting of
school bus drivers.
8. County boards of education
shall instruct their school bus
drivers with the necessity of
promptly and properly extend
ing the stop arm and in the use
of the flashing lights in ap
proaching a stop and while
stopped.
9. The current Minimum Na
tional Standards for School
Buses and current Georgia Min
imum Standards for School
Buses with directional lights are
the minimum standards for
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A sow, cared for by sophomore
school buses operated in Geor
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10. County boards of education
shall have all school buses in
spected annually by the Geor
gia State Department of Public
Safety and any school bus
which does not pass any such
said inspection shall not there
after be operated until said de
fect or defects have been cor
rected. State funds for trans
portation shall be withheld
wherever this policy is violated,
if not corrected within 30 days.
11. The practice of splicing
school bus chassis shall not be
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The pigs were purchased last
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Club.
permitted.
12. The speed limit for school
buses shall be a maximum of 40
mph while transporting pupils.
When any driver violates this
state law, it shall be considered
as evidence sufficient to dismiss
him from service.
13. County boards of educa
tion shall utilize the service of
the Mobile Testing Unit of the
State Department of Education
in determining the qualifica
tions of their school bus drivers
and prospective drivers, and a
copy of said examination shall
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