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Transportation Safety and Statistics

Transportation Safety

  • Our transportation department includes a full-service shops that maintains all buses and motor pool vehicles.
  • Buses are inspected twice a year by Washington State Patrol. We have over 35 years with excellent results.
  • All drivers attend annual in-service training developed by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
  • In addition, we provide refresher courses regularly on defensive driving, winter driving and student management.
  • All drivers are required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) to participate in a random drug testing pool. 

Transportation Statistics

Side of a bus reading "Bellingham"

 

Our Fleet

Our fleet of school buses features 74 buses with nine new buses on order

Student high fives a staff member while leading a line of students getting off a bus at a school

 

Service Statistics

We transport approximately 3,500 students daily over 93 square miles.

Buses in bus loop at a school

 

Distance Traveled

Last school year, we drove 903,306 miles.