{"id":23212,"date":"2024-04-15T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=23212"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T00:52:28","slug":"2024-new-school-bus-contracts-awarded-to-service-hidoes-15-complex-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/2024-new-school-bus-contracts-awarded-to-service-hidoes-15-complex-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"New school bus contracts awarded to service HIDOE\u2019s 15 complex areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u2018i State Department of Education (HIDOE) has awarded new school bus contracts to service student transportation in each of the 15 complex areas statewide that will begin in the 2024-25 school year through the 2030-31 school year. Approximately 24,000 students, or a quarter of total HIDOE\u2019s general education enrollment, use school bus transportation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contracts will go into effect on July 1, 2024. Information for the bus routes for the upcoming school year will be available this summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contracts have been awarded to the following companies and complex areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Isla ng Hawai\u02bbi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilo and Wai\u0101kea Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honoka\u2018a, Kealakehe, Kohala, and Konawaena Complexes \u2013 Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ka\u02bb\u016b, Kea\u2018au, and Pahoa Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kaua\u02bbi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kapa\u2018a and Kaua\u02bbi Complexes \u2013 Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waimea Complex \u2013 Akita Enterprises, Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maui and L\u0101na\u02bbi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H\u0101na, Lahainaluna, and L\u0101na\u2018i Complexes &#8211; Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kekaulike Complex \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baldwin and Maui Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>O\u02bbahu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Aiea, Moanalua, and Radford Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leilehua, Mililani, and Waialua Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farrington, Kaiser, and Kalani Complexes \u2013 Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaimuk\u012b, McKinley, and Roosevelt Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campbell and Kapolei Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u0101n\u0101kuli and Wai\u02bbanae Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pearl City and Waipahu Complexes \u2013 Ground Transport, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Castle, Kahuku, Kailua, and Kalaheo Complexes \u2013 Roberts Hawaii School Bus, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to the ongoing, nationwide bus driver shortage, regular education bus routes have been modified to improve service and safety for all student riders. If no bus stop locations are listed for your school, please contact your school office or email the School Transportation Services Branch at <a href=\"mailto:stsb@k12.hi.us\">stsb@k12.hi.us<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawai\u2018i State Department of Education (HIDOE) has awarded new school bus contracts to service student transportation in each of the 15 complex areas statewide that will begin in the 2024-25 school year through the 2030-31 school year. Approximately 24,000 students, or a quarter of total HIDOE\u2019s general education enrollment, use school bus transportation.&nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"856,888,893,1022,1619,1622","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bus_Students-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Nanea Ching","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/author\/nanea-chingk12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":355,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":355,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 17:08:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}