Transportation

  • Transportation Mission Statement
  • To provide safe, reliable and efficient transportation services for Jordan School District students.
  • To maintain assigned District vehicles
    at the highest possible operating standard.
  • To provide competent, well trained drivers
    who act as positive adult role models by encouraging student learning
    and maintaining student discipline in a safe inviting manner.
  • To accomplish our mission, employees of the Transportation Department will provide “A Vital Link to Learning,” by assuring the cost-effective use of human and material resources in a professional caring environment.

Motto: SAFE * RELIABLE * EFFICIENT “A Vital Link to Learning”

  • Bus Advertising
    If you are interested in advertising on Jordan District buses, please contact:
  • Dale M. Wood at Alpha Media
  • Cell: 801-850-1454 | Main: 888-956-6664 | Fax 888-769-632

Bus Questions
In the event your student’s school bus is running late (typically more than 15 minutes), please call our office at 801-567-8840 for a route update.  The Transportation Department is open 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

During cold weather, some buses may be running extremely late due to mechanical difficulties. Parents should develop a back-up transportation plan in the event a bus cannot pick up their children.

Name Phone Position
Herb Jensen 801-567-8820 Director
Marty Latimer 801-567-8837 Staff Assistant
Charlene Arko 801-567-8821 Secretary
Debbie McKinlay 801-567-8841 Support Assistant
Judy Singleton 801-567-8822 Dispatch
Tammy Davis 801-567-8843 Dispatch
Vicki Johnson 801-567-8851 Support Assistant
Debbie Soelberg 801-567-8814 Route Coordinator
Jonette Brown 801-567-8849 Route Assistant
Bryan Burke 801-567-8848 Route Assistant
Bob Openshaw 801-567-8838 Route Assistant
Stephanie Erickson 801-567-8846 Special Ed Route Coordinator
Karen Andersen 801-567-8808 Special Ed Dispatch
Mandy Shaw 801-567-8854 Special Ed Route Analyst
Ed Price Jr. 801-567-8833 Route Assistant
Kriss Gibbons 801-567-8835 Route Assistant
Sheryl Rostrom 801-567-8824 Route Assistant
Kathy Simmons 801-567-8855 Trainer/Risk Coordinator
Rich Eddington 801-567-8856 Assistant Trainer
Bruce Bodily 801-567-8809 Activity Secretary
Bonnie Powell 801-567-8804 Support Assistant
Heather Behunin 801-567-8823 Activity Assistant
Willie Martinez 801-567-8811 Shop Foreman
Steve Pearson 801-567-8845 Parts Purchaser
  • Quick Facts About Jordan District Transportation
  • Transportation Employees
    • 220 professional school bus drivers
    • 30 professional school bus attendants
    • 40 mechanics, parts, dispatchers, trainers, support staff
  • Fleet
    • 200 School Buses (45 natural gas buses)
    • 70 Drivers Education Cars
    • 213 Additional Vehicles (5 mail vans, 1 utilities/energy vehicle and 1 forklift run on alternative fuel—primarily natural gas)
    • 5.2 Million Miles Traveled Yearly
  • Students/Schools
    • 51 Schools Served
    • 12,000 Regular Education Students Transported Daily
    • 1,000 Special Education Students Transported Daily
    • 6,330 Field Trips/Activity Trips Yearly
  • Training/Testing
    • 18 hours, all drivers receive yearly training
    • 60 hours training received by substitutes before hire
    • 9,157 training hours provided yearly
  • Did You Know?
    • 90% of our drivers were accident free last year
    • All drivers receive random drug and alcohol testing
    • Our bus fleet includes 35 CNG (clean natural gas) buses. We are leading the way for clean air in Utah. We also use 2 CNG Drivers’ Ed. cars.
    • “Top Ten.” Our bus maintenance program was named one of North America’s best.
    • Utah Highway Patrol Silver Award for Outstanding Bus Maintenance 2005-2006.
    • Winners of the 2004 National Special Ed Roadeo.

Transportation Documents

Document Name Type
Outstanding Bus Driver Nomination Form PDF
Outstanding Bus Attendant Nomination Form PDF
Drivers’ Ed Fact Sheet PDF