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Transportation

Trasportation

The Transportation Department is responsible for transporting 17,000 students to 16 public schools and 150 non-public and charter schools over 750 square miles each day. Our bus service is contracted with George Krapf Jr. & Sons and On the Go Kids, Inc. Although our contracted carriers supply the drivers and buses, the West Chester Area School District generates the annual bus routes using a computerized routing software package and develops transportation policies and guidelines.

The Transportation Dept. maintains tedious records including daily miles driven and number of students on each bus. The PA Dept. of Education uses this information to calculate a state subsidy for a portion of our transportation costs.




Student Transportation Offices Contact Information
Who Do I Call for a Transportation Issue?
     
Transportation
Administration Office
 
Driver Supervisor's
Transportation Office*
     

Please call the administration office regarding the following:

  • bus routes, bus stop locations, walking routes, differences in scheduled vs. actual ride times, bus load counts, interpretation of school district transportation policies.

For calls regarding buses that do not show up or are late, please call the school district transportation office. We will log the problem and transfer your call to the Driver Supervisor Office for further resolution if necessary.

For issues regarding student discipline please call the principal’s office at your school.

  Please call the driver supervisor's office regarding the following:
  • driver skills or driver performance, missing students, lost or forgotten items, bus equipment.

For serious or unresolved issues regarding the above questions, please call the Transportation Administration Office.

For issues regarding a missing student, parents can also call the principal's office at the child's school.

* George Krapf, Jr. & Sons, Inc.
On the Go Kids, Inc.

     
How Do I Contact the Transportation Offices?
     

Contact Information for Transportation
Administration Office

Office hours: M-F, 7:00 am to 4:30 pm

 

Contact Information for
Driver Supervisor's
Transportation Office

Office hours: M-F, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm

     

Office Telephone Number:
484-266-1040
(will ring to all phones in the office)

 

Driver Supervisor Office Number:
610-431-1500 Ext 275
(will ring to all phones in the office)

     

Transportation Office Fax Number:
484-266-1181

  Driver Supervisor Fax Number:
610-431-2629
     
Joanne Yarnall,
Transportation
Manager
jyarnall@wcasd.net
  Barb Martz,
Driver Supervisor
Ext. 217

bmartz@krapfbus.com
     
Christopher Gray,
Assistant Transportation
Manager
cgray@wcasd.net
  Mindy Shannon,
Assistant
Ext. 245
mshannon@krapfbus.com
     
Michele Porco,
Transportation
Associate
mporco@wcasd.net
 

 

     
Gail Sortino,
Transportation
Technician
gsortino@wcasd.net
   
     
     
Driver Supervisors for On the Go Kids, Inc. Bus # 200-299
onthegokids@aol.com
     
Office Telephone Number:
610-873-7787
  Office Fax Number:
610-873-8727
     
Driver Supervisors:
Laurie Micken & Kathy Delong
  Transportation Supervisor:
Bonnie Sarmento



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