Q&A
Maximum number of students on school buses in NYC
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Council Member Rita Joseph asks about the maximum number of students that can be on a school bus at one time. Glenn Risbrook explains that it varies depending on the type of bus and the students' needs.
- Type C buses for general education can accommodate up to 55 students
- Campus school buses for special education can take up to 45 students
- For non-ambulatory cases, buses may take as few as 5 or 6 students
- The capacity depends on the vehicle type and the specific circumstances of the students
Rita Joseph
0:28:42
And how many students can be on a 1 on a bus one time, gives us a range?
Glenn Risbrook
0:28:46
Well, it depends.
0:28:47
Our type c, if we're talking about general ed busing, our type c buses can take as many as 55 students
Rita Joseph
0:28:53
Mhmm.
Glenn Risbrook
0:28:54
For special education, our campus school can take as many as 45 students.
0:28:57
But we it depends what the circumstances are for a for a non ambulatory case.
0:29:02
They the students the buses may take as little as 5 or 6 students.
0:29:06
It depends what the the vehicle is.
Rita Joseph
0:29:08
And what's on the vehicle type?
0:29:10
Okay.
0:29:11
And what's the number of schools?
0:29:13
What's the maximum number of schools?
Glenn Risbrook
0:29:16
Well, that will also depend on the proximity of the schools that that we're servicing.
0:29:21
You we can put 2, 3, 4 schools if they're all very each other in a session time will also matter about whether or not we route schools together, but we often do route more than one school on around.
