New Transportation Facility Opens at Goza Road Operations Center

 
 
A ribbon cutting ceremony officially opened the Fayette County School System’s new transportation facility in the Goza Road Operations Center, located off of Goza Road and next to Whitewater High, and which also includes the school system’s warehouse.

 
The new facility features a state-of-the-art bus shop for maintenance and repair of school buses, a fuel island so drivers can conveniently and easily refuel their buses, and enough parking spaces to house all 259 school buses during the summer and long holiday breaks. Bus drivers also have their own break room equipped with several desktop computers for their use between morning and afternoon routes, and the facility has a large multipurpose room for meetings and events, as well as offices for transportation personnel.
 
Many current and retired school bus drivers, along with board of education members and school system personnel were on hand to get a first look at new facility, and help celebrate its opening. Diane Vaughan, the school system’s longest serving school bus driver who just celebrated her 40th year of driving for the county, had the honor of being the first driver to fuel her bus following a ribbon cutting ceremony held at the fuel island.

 
After the ribbon cuttings, guests took self-guided tours of the building, and were treated to hot dogs, hamburgers and cookies as part of the open house festivities.

The former transportation facility was located in a small building behind the Fayette County Board of Education offices on Stonewall Avenue, just off of the square in downtown Fayetteville.