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TransportationSchool year 2022-23

Replace the Lead Bus Driver/Trainer with a Delegated Behind-The-Wheel Trainer

IN SHORT

Goal: Replacing the Lead Bus Driver/Trainer saves about $5,000.

Result: Not enough data. The public reports available don’t yet include the details needed to check this goal.

The board created a new Delegated Behind-The-Wheel Trainer position in the Transportation Department to replace the Lead Bus Driver/Trainer. The trainer leads bus driver training and gives drivers a step up for promotion. The district estimated savings of about $5,000.

  1. Brief

  2. Receipt

  3. Stamp (current stage)

01

Brief

What the board was deciding. Budget words explained

Meeting
May 16, 2023, agenda item 21.2
Board Agenda, May 16, 2023 (item 21.2)(opens in a new tab)
Vote
Approved
  • Ayes: 5
  • Noes: 0
  • Abstain: not recorded
  • Absent: not recorded
Signed Board Minutes, May 16, 2023, p. 19(opens in a new tab)
Cost or savings
The position is placed on Range 48 of the classified salary schedule. The district estimated savings of approximately $5,000 and did not say whether this is yearly.
Signed Board Minutes, May 16, 2023, p. 18(opens in a new tab)
Options considered
No alternatives were listed in the documents reviewed.
Who is affected
  • Transportation Department staff and bus drivers: The new trainer (classified Range 48) leads behind-the-wheel training, proficiencies, and pre-trip inspections for district bus drivers.Source, p. 18(opens in a new tab)

02

Receipt

What the district said, word for word.

  1. GOAL 01

    “The estimated fiscal impact will be a savings of approximately $5,000.00.”

    Agenda item 21.2, Fiscal Impact · Signed Board Minutes, May 16, 2023, p. 18(opens in a new tab)

    In plain words
    Replacing the Lead Bus Driver/Trainer saves about $5,000.
    Estimated amount
    No dollar amount stated
    How it will be checked
    Needs the salary and benefit cost of the Lead Bus Driver/Trainer position compared with the new trainer position. The standard year-end reports list classified salaries only as district-wide totals.

REVIEW DATE

September 15, 2024()

Receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2023-24 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report).

The district didn't name a review date, so Receipts uses the date the district reports actual spending for the first full year after the change. How review dates work

03

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Board vote: Approved 5–0

    Source, p. 19(opens in a new tab)

  2. Review due (Receipts default rule)

  3. Stamped: Not enough data

  4. TODAY

04

Stamp

How did it turn out? What the stamps mean

Stamps describe what public documents show. They are never a judgment of anyone's work or intentions.

Not enough data

Stamped October 5, 2026 · Every quote checked against its source · Approved by a person before publishing

The district's 2023-24 year-end summary (Unaudited Actuals, approved September 10, 2024) lists the general fund ending balance by type of reserve, and the standard year-end reports show classified salaries as district-wide totals. Neither breaks out a single position, so the public record can't show whether the estimated savings happened. This is normal for these reports.

Evidence

How this was decided
Goal checked
“The estimated fiscal impact will be a savings of approximately $5,000.00.”
Review date
September 15, 2024 (receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2023-24 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report))
Rule applied
"Not enough data" means: The public reports available don’t yet include the details needed to check this goal. The five stamps
What was found
The explanation above, based on 1 document listed under Evidence.
Reviewed
Every quote checked against its source; approved by a person on October 5, 2026.

What would settle this

Data gap: Open

This isn't a sign anything went wrong. It's one small piece of public information that would let everyone see the result.

The record that would settle it
The salary and benefit cost of the former Lead Bus Driver/Trainer position compared with the new Delegated Behind-The-Wheel Trainer position.
Where it would usually appear
Budget or position control documents, or a short note in a budget update. The standard year-end reports show classified salaries only as district-wide totals.
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See every open data gap (position-level cost comparisons and more)

District response

Not yet invited

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New stamps: the district gets 10 business days to review a stamp before it's published. How district responses work

05

Sources

Every document used on this page.

  1. 1.Board Agenda, May 16, 2023 (item 21.2) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2.Signed Board Minutes, May 16, 2023 (opens in a new tab) · pages 18, 19
  3. 3.Board Agenda, September 10, 2024 (2023-2024 Unaudited Actuals) (opens in a new tab)

Changes to this record

  • : Added "What would settle this": the one record that would show the result.

Record last updated October 6, 2026. See something wrong? Send a correction.

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