Earlier this month, Deputy COO Shaun Douglas, and Transportation Services team members Lauren Wallace, Freda Grant, and Nadine Miller joined Deputy COO Teresa Fleming in Texas for the 2023 Transporting Students with Disabilities (TSD) Conference. This year, Teresa was named the Transportation Director of the Year, and the Operations Division showed up to cheer her…
It’s time to introduce the new Transportation Director of the Year, Teresa Fleming, Executive Director of Transportation Services at the School District of Philadelphia! Learn more about Fleming’s story and how she manages the transportation of 23,000 students to and from school every day while also providing equitable access. Employee recognition can fall by the…
Please welcome Ron Timmons, our new Director of Vendor Services in the Transportation Services department. Ron brings more than 25 years of experience in Contract management, leadership, engineering, and sales to the District. He is exceptionally skilled, hardworking, and solution-oriented, with broad experience in operations management and strategic partnerships. Ron has a proven track record…
Our bus garages house our Bus Dispatchers and Chauffeurs, who operate our daily routes. Each garage is run by a Garage Supervisor and is responsible for distributing mail (Pony Services) to District schools and offices. Men and women who work from our bus garages held pep rallies in support of the Philadelphia Eagles. While the…
Michael “Mike” Lewis is the Fleet Manager for Transportation Services. Mike has more than ten years of fleet management experience. Throughout his career, he has managed fleets for national organizations, including Enterprise, Rent-A-Car, and Habitat for Humanity. During his two-and-a-half-year tenure with the School District of Philadelphia, Mike has completed two rounds of school bus…
On Tuesday, May 24, at the Dell Music Center, the School District of Philadelphia held the “Our Class, Our Future” Celebration. This event provided an opportunity for District admin and staff to rally around our graduating seniors who have committed to a postsecondary pathway, whether that be attending a 2-4 year college, joining the military,…
Kevin Jordan has over thirty years of recognized transportation experience with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. He served as Transportation Manager, organizing daily scheduling of operators and managers. Control Center Manager, coordinating train movement of the Broad Street Subway/Elevated Trains. Surface Instructor, training adherence to federal/state laws. Certified State Examiner CDL – AM – PTNS….
Melanie has been with the School District of Philadelphia for 36 years and began her journey as a Bus Attendant. Throughout her career, she has held several positions such as Bus Attendant Coordinator, Supervisor and is presently a Program Manager. In her current role, she is responsible for ensuring the School District of Philadelphia’s most…
Yellow school buses are going green in Philly, and we are PROUD to start the trend in our city with electric buses that are the first of their kind in Pennsylvania. The Transportation Division unveiled five new electric vehicles at a press conference at the North Broad Street garage on February 18 and gave attendees…
Michael McCusker (pictured below), Bill Rosetti, and Brian worked as a team to procure five electric buses for our District. Their efforts significantly contributed to the District’s distinction as the first school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to upgrade its fleet with electric school buses. Procurement of the electric buses despite vendor supply chain…