D11 board-material records support HopSkipDrive as a transportation-vendor and routing-data mechanism by April-May 2023, not as a newly surfaced 2025 program. The records show a progression from transportation-restructuring presentation and McKinney-Vento use to a September 2024 board-approved contracted-student-transportation award.
This source cluster does not support claims about Sheryl Saylor's employment, Colorado Education Association characterization of HopSkipDrive, campaign relevance, vendor ideology, coordination, sponsorship, control, or improper conduct.
| Date / period | Source | What it directly supports | Claim limit |
|---|---|---|---|
2023-04-05 |
D11 transportation work-session briefing | D11's transportation department presented a "Transportation Way Ahead" briefing with Jon Hanover, listed as SVP Education, Hop Skip Drive. The presentation framed a driver-shortage problem, recommended an expanded portfolio with some contractor support, listed Hop Skip Drive / Ever Driven / First Alt under FY23/24 contract-carrier budget context, and said HopSkipDrive would provide the RideIQ platform for a no-cost pilot using data science for routing. | The briefing supports a D11/HopSkipDrive transportation-planning and routing-data pilot surface. It does not prove final contract terms, student-data terms, campaign connection, political motive, or later performance. |
2023-05-10 |
D11 McKinney-Vento presentation | The McKinney-Vento update said D11 was managing HopSkipDrive rides for 94 MKV students and 82 rides per day, AM/PM. |
This supports student-service use for MKV transportation. It does not prove the complete payment mechanism, contract terms, rider-data controls, or whether HopSkipDrive handled all MKV transportation. |
2023-2024 school year, reported in 2024-09-04 minutes |
D11 regular-board minutes | D11 said it had used a portfolio approach including sedan services / outsourced ride share for the last two years, with an estimated 28,000 outsourced transportation rides in 2023-2024 costing about $1,541,513. |
The minutes support district-reported ride volume and cost context, not vendor-by-vendor allocation. |
2024-09-04 |
D11 regular-board minutes | The board approved Contract C2024-1029 to HopSkipDrive for contracted student transportation services, estimated total $2,125,000, subject to annual funding availability, with a performance period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029 if fully executed. |
This supports board approval and stated estimated amount. It does not show actual expenditures, invoices, amendments, performance data, student data terms, or payments. |
2024-08 / board-vote packet |
HopSkipDrive contract slides | The contract slides requested board vote by September 4, 2024, described a five-year annually renewed IDIQ contract funded from the General Fund within budget availability, and tied contract transportation services to MKV, preschool, special-needs, special-programming, and regular-education riders. |
The slides support procurement framing and intended service categories, not executed contract text or later implementation. |
FY 2025-2026 proposed budget |
D11 budget book | The budget book includes a Student Transportation Services adjustment removing a non-recurring FY25 budget item for contracted student transportation services such as HopSkipDrive and EverDriven, listed at ($1,200,000). |
This is budget-context evidence only. It should not be used as proof of FY26 spending, invoice totals, or discontinued service without check-register and contract records. |
| Source | Target | Mechanism | Flow | Evidence strength | Source basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HopSkipDrive / D11 transportation department | D11 riders and transportation operations | Contract carrier / sedan service and routing-data platform pilot | Rides, routing data, parental visibility, operational capacity | Direct for board-material statements; unresolved for data terms and actual performance | April 2023 briefing; May 2023 MKV presentation; September 2024 minutes and slides |
| D11 Board of Education | HopSkipDrive | Contract C2024-1029 award |
Public funding authority and service capacity, subject to annual appropriations | Direct for approval and estimated amount; unresolved for actual expenditures | September 2024 minutes and contract slides |
2025. Current retained D11 records show HopSkipDrive activity in April-May 2023 and board contract approval in September 2024.$2,125,000 contract estimate as actual spending. Actual expenditure and payment claims require invoices, check-register rows, purchase orders, contract amendments, or audit schedules.C2024-1029, amendments, scopes of work, purchase orders, invoices, and check-register rows.28,000 outsourced rides and $1,541,513 in 2023-2024 costs.