Did
You Know?
Some facts about the GESD Transportation Department
The Gloversville Enlarged School District covers an area of 82 square miles. This includes the entire city of Gloversville as well as the Town of Bleecker and parts of the Town of Johnstown extending west to Johnson Avenue Extension and North Bush Road, East to Progress Road and Elmwood Avenue Extension at the Mayfield Town line and South as far as the Johnstown City line.
The elevation of the City of Gloversville is 1000 feet above sea level and the elevation reaches 1600 feet in the Town of
Bleecker.
Transportation is available for all students who live outside the city limits of Gloversville. In the city transportation is provided only for Special Education students, Head Start and Pre-K students and Meco Elementary School students.
There are seven different school buildings in the school district:
Meco, McNab, Park Terrace, Kingsboro and Boulevard elementary schools, Gloversville Middle School and Gloversville High School.
We also transport students to several out of district schools, such as Mayfield, Johnstown and Broadalbin-Perth.
Our 19 bus routes log well over 316,000 miles a year.
Our vehicles’ routine maintenance is done at a rented facility in Wheelerville until our Transportation Facility is completed some time next year.
Our Mechanic Paul Wilder and his Assistant Leland Shell do a phenomenal job maintaining our fleet. They have been recognized by the state DOT for their quality work keeping our buses at a 90% pass rate; which is quite an honor if you consider the stringent guidelines New York State sets for school buses.
