OCPS | School Start Times Presentation

Orange County Public Schools

13 Sept 201907:55

Summary

TLDRThe presentation summarizes how Orange County Public Schools developed four cost-neutral school start time models to provide more sleep benefits for students while responsibly managing transportation logistics. It outlines key data on school locations, bus routes, attendance zones and eligible ridership that were analyzed by routing software to create the models. Assumptions were made about keeping certain programs' times unchanged. The four models simply stagger the start times of high school, elementary and middle school tiers by 20 minutes, with Model A representing the current schedule. The goal is transporting students efficiently within reasonable ride times while using district resources wisely.

Takeaways

😀 OCPS is a large school district serving over 200,000 students across 199 schools
🚌 The district operates over 860 bus routes transporting 70,000 students daily
⏰ Current bell times: HS 7:20am-2:20pm, ES 8:15-8:45am, MS 9:30am-3:57pm
🗺️ Many factors go into creating efficient bus routes across the district's 904 square miles
⏱️ Goal is bus rides under 40 mins for general ed, under 55 mins for special needs
💡 Software used to create cost-neutral start time models based on current ridership
🕑 Model A: Current times; Model B: All schools start 20 mins later
🕗 Model C: HS at 8am, then ES, then MS; Model D: ES at 8am, then HS, then MS
🙋‍♂️ Assumptions made include unchanged ridership % and no new programs affecting buses
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Q & A

What is the size of Orange County in square miles?
-Orange County is 904 square miles.
How many schools does OCPS have?
-OCPS has 199 schools - 125 elementary schools, 38 middle schools, 8 K through 8 schools, 20 high schools and 8 exceptional and alternative schools.
How many bus routes did OCPS have at the start of the 2019-2020 school year?
-The start of the 2019-2020 school year began with 875 bus routes.
What are some factors considered when creating a bus run?
-Factors considered are number of bus stops, location of bus stops, length of the run, number of students.
What is the goal for the length of a general education bus run?
-The goal is to have a general education run average 40 minutes.
Why can changing high school start times affect technical colleges?
-For technical colleges any change also will affect non K through 12 attendees.
What software does OCPS use for routing buses?
-OCPS employees a routing software program called Trapeze map net n T.
What are the start times in Model B?
-In Model B, high school starts at 7:40 a.m.
What are the start times in Model C?
-In Model C, high school starts at 8:00 a.m., followed by elementary schools and then middle schools.
What are the start times in Model D?
-In Model D, elementary schools start at 8:00 a.m., followed by high schools and then middle schools.