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Show School Bus Data Released by County Superintendent, Relating To Licenses, Operation, And Retirement Every bus driver for the Duchesne Du-chesne County School District must have a "Class C" chauffer's license. If a driver does not have such license, the insurance company stipulates that it will deny liability in case of an accident, ac-cident, Supt. Dean C. Christen-sen Christen-sen said. Substitute and relief drivers employed by the-, district have an application and a copy of their chauffer's license on file in the School Board office. All school bus drivers are participating par-ticipating in the Utah Education Educa-tion Employees Retirement Plan. Payments to this fund are deducted de-ducted monthly from the driver's driv-er's salary. Drivers receive extra ex-tra compensation for special trips made whether it is a regular regu-lar route trip or otherwise. Recently the Duchesne County Coun-ty Board of Education issued a statement of appreciation to the drivers of the district school buses, stating that they were proud of the safe driving record maintained in the district over a period of years. The only student stu-dent fatality recorded as a result re-sult of a bus accident in this district dis-trict was in 1935, officials reported. re-ported. Also, the Board expressed their appreciation to those parents par-ents who are helping with the school transportation problem by furnishing rides for children! who must walk long distances to the bus route or to the school. Any cooperation the parents par-ents can give to cut down the distance of the bus routes will be greatly appreciated by the Board and the district's administrative adminis-trative staff. The Board expressed express-ed their hope that every pupil and student could have bus transportation from their home, but explained that this is administratively ad-ministratively impossivle inasmuch inas-much as some of the buses started start-ed a run as early at 7:15 a. m. now in order to get the passengers passen-gers to school by 8:45 a. m. Most of the drivers are either working in sub-stations, school lunch kitchens, or doing janitor or carpenter work at the schools during class hours, thus utilizing util-izing work hours that were formerly being wasted. 1000 Miles Daily Operation of school buses in the Duchesne County School District Dis-trict averages nearly 1000 miles per school day. transporting an average of 1.600 to 1700 students, stu-dents, reports Supt. Dean C. Christensen. Monthly consumption of gasoline gaso-line averages approximately 4500. gallons, and oil used averages av-erages about 200 quarts per 20-day 20-day school month. During the months of chief activity ac-tivity December, January, February Feb-ruary and March these figures increase as the number of extra trips made by the buses is greater. great-er. During the month of November Novem-ber this year, thirty extra trips were made by the school buses to transport students- to night activities, lyceum programs and inter-school athletic events. Bus drivers, the miles per trip, and the length of service with the Duchesne County School District are: Delbert Davies, Talmage-Alta-mont Route, 44 miles. 1 year-Lyndon year-Lyndon Bird, Bluebell Route' 40 miles, 13 years; Lee Jessen, West Altonah Route, 30 miles 1 year; I. R. "Dick" Fausett! Upalco-Altamont Route, 32 miles 7 years; Fenton Powell, East Altonah Route, 30 miles, 6 years-Howard years-Howard T. Rowley, West Mt. Home Route, 38 miles 7 years-Ivan years-Ivan M. Street, North Mt. Home Route, 47 miles, 2 years. Ray J. Baum, Fruitland Route, 63 miles, 3 years; Eldredge Buckalew, Bridgeland Route, 30 miles, 2 years; Ralph Ivie, Strawberry Route, 58 miles, 1 year; Leland Wright. Utahn Route, 58 miles, 1 year: Leonard V. Smith, Midview Route, 36 miles, 5 years; Floyd Tanner, Hartford Route, 26 miles, 9 years; Keith Peterson, Pleasant Valley Route, .15 miles, 1 year; j Gail Anderton, Neola Route, 25 i miles, 2 years; Lee A. Blanchard, Montwel Route, 38 miles, 4 years. Grant Fredrickson, Hancock Cove Route, 15 miles. 1 year; L a z e 1 1 e Henrie, East Neola Route, 43 miles, 9 years;; Kle-ber Kle-ber R. Houtz, Crescent Route, 20 miles, 10 years; M. LeRoy Gardner, West Neola Route, 35 miles. 4 years; Lloyd Nelson, Upalco Route, 30 miles, 1 year; W. J. Fausett, Ioka Route, 34 miles, 8 years; Shelby Lisonbee, Antelope Route, 53 miles, 14 years; Max Ross, Arcadia Route, 53 miles, 5 years; Curtis M. Pace, Hanna Route, 22 miles. 10 years; Ralph Smith, Tabiona Route, 40 miles, 4 years. 26 Buses Operate Twenty-six buses are operated daily on the bus routes in the Duchesne County School District. Dis-trict. In addition, three emergency emer-gency buses are owned by the district. One of the emergency vehicles is garaged at the Du-i Du-i chesne maintenance garage, and one each at the Altamont and Roosevelt sub stations. Terminals for the 36 school bus routes are: 1 at Neola, 2 at Myton, 10 --at Roosevelt, 7 at Altamont, 4 at Duchesne, and 2 at Tabiona. The district's budget for the 1950-51 school year for the operation op-eration and maintenance of school buses was set up at $45,000. In addition. $26,000 was expended for purchase of school buses. This purchase included in-cluded three complete new buses bus-es and three new chassis on which old bus bodies were mounted. Eldredge Buckalew is supervisor super-visor of the district's maintenance mainten-ance garage at Duchesne. At the Altamont sub-station, I. R. Fausett Fau-sett is in charge; and Max Ross supervises the sub-station at the Roosevelt Junior High School. Grease jobs and minor repairs to the buses are made at the sub-stations. All major reairs are made at the district main-Itenance main-Itenance garage at Duchesne. Anyone riding district school buses on school business either within Duchesne County or elsewhere, else-where, is covered by accident insurance which the district carries car-ries as a protective measure. In addition, ample insurance coverage cov-erage is maintained on the buses, bus-es, Supt. Christensen said. District school buses are inspected in-spected for safety twice each year by a representative of the Utah State Highway Department: Depart-ment: Certain safety standards must be observed by the district in the maintenance and operation opera-tion of their buses in order to pass this safety inspection. If these standards are not met and maintained, the buses failing are prohibited from operating. |