Comments on: Mayor Should Re-Route Bus Contracts to Save Money

By: jf palumbo

jf palumbo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:35:01 +0000

the doe opt is now harrassing drivers giving violations for pen marks on seats and paper on their floors of the bus after field trips or their runs.they want to make their money back go to the companies who have 20 year+old buses on the road.it seems alot of times the doe tries to ignore rules that drivers and escorts are taught that are ny state laws.lets investigate opt.

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Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:12:14 +0000

[...] An Overhaul of School Bus Contracts I am told by those “in the know” that the city has not rebid the school bus contracts since 1978, that the same very well connected folk run the bus companies. The DOE hired a consultant to [...]

By: redhog

redhog — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:38:21 +0000

Exactly right. The entire culture at OPT has been abominable for years. A few years ago I worked there on a per session gig. My job was writing letters and memos. I tried to be a self-starter. When I read about a school bus driver whose reflexes and judgment saved kids from certain injury and possible death I thought it might be nice for her bosses to send her a letter of praise. Well, I had to re-write that letter around 8 times. In the end it was around 2 sentences of bland cliche. Why? The OTP people told me that my other letters, well-written as they were, were totally out of line. They didn’t want to go on record being too complimentary to an employee. After all, it might be used against management in case they wanted to discipline this driver ( whose record was perfect) in the future. They didn’t want to give her ammunition, so saving kids from having their spines severed just had to be put into perspective.