Fleet Supervisor -- Danny Martin
Safety/Training Coordinator -- David Haines
Special Needs/Safe Rider Coordinator -- Robin Weaver
Student Management -- Ted Burke
Routing -- Jerry Lyons
Activities Scheduler -- Jennette Kuxhausen
Dispatcher -- Mary Brown
Secretary/Payroll -- Teresa Woods
Secretary/Accts. Pay. -- Debby Mayers
- Broken Arrow is unique in the fact that student management on the bus is controlled through the department and not the schools. This provides a more consistent delivery and time efficient program. New phases of this program include parent conference and a "Safe Rider" course.
- Transportation Eligibility: Students residing more than 1.5 miles from their home school are eligible to ride a bus.
- Safe Bus Rider Permits: Each year students and parents are required to read and sign a bus permit for safety and eligibility reasons. Permits are available through the Transportation Department. Safe Rider expectations, rules and contract are included with in the permit packet.
- Outside non-profit organizations may rent/lease district buses using district drivers. Last year, the district generated more than $12,000 to apply to the $254,000 cost of keeping the fleet on the road.
- For information, Phone (918) 259-4550. For bus route information, please click HERE.
Facts About Broken Arrow Transportation
| Approximately 8,000 students ride Broken Arrow buses
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1.1 million miles are driven each year
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| Broken Arrow buses use approximately 133,000 gallons of gas and 90,000 gallons of diesel per year
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Three to six buses are purchased annually through the district's bond issue
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| Buses run 220 routes/shuttles daily | Nearly 2,000 Activity Trips are taken each year |
- School bus drivers must pass thorough knowledge and driving skills tests to obtain a special commercial license before they are allowed to drive a school bus?
- School bus drivers just pass a separate knowledge and driving skills test required by the Oklahoma State Department of Education before they are allowed to drive a school bus?
- The Broken Arrow School District requires a criminal background check on all school bus drivers that drive students in our district?
- The driving record of potential school bus drivers is checked to insure that drivers with a history of unsafe driving habits are not hired as school bus drivers?
- Potential school bus drivers must pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing? Drivers are subject to drug and alcohol testing while they are employed, including random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion of drug or alcohol use.
- New school bus drivers complete a minimum of 40 hours of training before they are allowed to drive students on the bus? They also have a minimum of 10 hours of training before school begins each year as well as monthly training sessions during each school year and individualized training as needed.
- There are 28 separate federal safety standards for the construction of school buses that are not required of other vehicles? These standards pertain to warning lights and signals, mirror systems, rollover protection, passenger seating and crash protection, emergency exits, fuel system integrity, body joint strength, and flammability, just to name a few.
- School buses are the safest form of motor vehicle travel in the United States?
- Approximately 40 to 45% of Broken ArrowÍs nearly 15,000 students ride school buses to and from school each day? Broken ArrowÍs district covers nearly 115 square miles.
- School bus drivers also drive mid-day shuttles, educational field trips, athletic trips, and bus rentals for non-school groups? Some summer educational programs include transportation, so some drivers are employed nearly year-round.
- Bus attendants or aides are hired to ride on some of the buses that transport students requiring special assistance during their ride to and from school?
- School bus drivers and bus aides come from all walks of life? Current transportation employees are college students, college graduates, homemakers, retired military personnel, former schoolteachers, pastors, firefighters, small business owners, and a wide variety of other fascinating people.
If you are interested in an exciting career and would like to become part of our professional staff, please contact the Broken Arrow Public Schools Transportation Department at phone number (918) 259-4550, or in person at 1500 East Joliet, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.