The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-21
School Buses to
Have Changes i'm
Time and Routes
Schedules earlier for
first classes; plan to
add nothing to costs

With school starting next week,
Simplification Of the new bus
schedules has been attempted. II
every patron on the bus routes OBJ
serves the following simple direc-
lions, there should be no confusion,
Supt. E. S. Black thinks.
Delivery Of the three new buses
is expected tomorrow, the new dis
trict garage in the old Washington
street school is completed and ready
for use, the drivers and their routes
have been determined and every
preliminary arrangement for the
opening CT this years work has been
completed, Mr.. Black states. The
teachers have already begun to ar
rive. AL are TO be present Satur-
day of this week when the first
teachers assembly will be held.
The two vacancies in the teaching
staff have been filled. The resig-
nation of Miss Burdett left the liz
brarian'S job vacant. Mr.. Black has
secured MSS Violet Johnston, whose
home is at Ritzville, for the position.
Miss Johnston has taught the past
ten years at Kellogg, Idaho. Burton
McCabe, who has been teaching
fellowships at the University Of Cal
ifornia will have the foreign lam
guage division in the senior high
school
Bus drivers this year will be Ern-
est Dickinson, John Dickinson, r. III.
Smalley and Albert Morgan. Ernest
Dickinson will have but one run, the
same he had last year and will take
the same route as before, picking up
his first passengers at $3.50. He will
also act as mechanic for the district,
keeping all the buses in operating
order. -
Mr.. Smalley will have two runs,
his old one and also the route for
merly handled by Mr.. Rupp. He will
pick up his first passenger at 7:50
and continue on the same order as
last year. After delivering his load
he will return to Mr.. Rupps former
route, but will run in the reverse
order, picking up his first passenger
at $3.50, getting them to school at
900. .. 4, ....l. a.u-.....
John Dickinson will operate on
his former schedule, starting at 7:50
for his first load. He will then re-
turn, picking up his first passen-
ger on the route handled last year
by Mr.. Anderson The route viii be
in the same order as handled by Mr..
Anderson. a.a
MIR. Morgan will start with his
same route that he had last year,
but will travel in the reverse order.
He will pick up his first passenger
at 7:50 also. He will also cover
Glasow,s former route back on the
main highway to the Stone corner,
where Higley's live on the first trip.
At $50 he will take the highway
west to Stones corner, then cover
the rount handled by Mr.. Meyers
last year. &
This arrangement will about
equally divide the pupils, Mr.. Black
states. This first group arriving at
the school will have an activity per-
iod until nine O'Clock, when the re-
mainder Of the pupils will arrive. At
this time the regular class periods
will be taken UP and operated on the
same schedule as last year. Regular
classes will continue until 3:15 when
the group arriving on the first runs
viii be dismissed and returned to
their homes, while the later group
will stay for their activity class UNI
til 3:45 at which time the buses
will have returned TO take them
home. +
Pupils living in town and not rid
ing on the buses, may select either
the morning or afternoon activity
period, unless one class or the other
becomes too large, in which event
there may be some changes re-
quired.
The district is attempting to give
good and ample bus service under
this two run plan, Mr.. Black states,
with a minimum investment In
equipment and expense. Other dis
trictS using this method are find
ing it satisfactory he says, and aft
err the initial confusion has been
Strengthened out, no doubt the local
patrons will be better pleased with
the arrangement.
Bussing expense has been costing
the district about $4,000 year, Mr..
Black said. Under the new plan
this cost can be reduced to about ST.
500 year and in a short period the
savings will more than pay for the
investment in the buses. The dis
trict will acquire its equipment lIn-