updated: 9-03-00

VCS School Bus Roster

Village Christian School has one of the largest fleets of privately owned School Buses in the Western United States. They currently have 17 buses and 20 drivers. VCS is located in Sun Valley at the East end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. With 1950 students (K-12) Village is also one of the largest Private schools in the West.

click to see school bus statistics for VCS click to see statistics for State of California for the 1997-98 school year

A view of the Bus line click to see another view of the bus line click to see a view of the bus garage click to see a view of the gas buses lined up behind the bus garage click to see some views of the school click here to see a picture of me fueling a bus click here to see other School Bus photos click here to see Village Christian Schools Official web site Click on the bus number to see it's photo

number	year	chassis	coach	passengers	fuel	trans.	notes
25	1989	GMC	BlueBird	17	diesel	auto	[hydraulic brakes][bought used 8-24-99]
27	1972	GMC	Superior	66	gas	5spd
28	1974	GMC	Superior	66	gas	5spd
32	1974	GMC	Superior	66	gas	5spd
38	1975	IHC	Carpenter	69	gas	5spd	[yes 69 passengers]
40	1982	Ford	Wayne	66	diesel	5spd
41	1982	Ford	Wayne	66	diesel	5spd
42	1983	Ford	Wayne	72	diesel	auto
43	1983	Ford	Wayne	72	diesel	auto
44	1984	Ford	Wayne	72	diesel	auto
45	1990	IHC	Ward	72	diesel	auto
46	1990	IHC	Ward	72	diesel	auto
47	1991	Ford	Wayne	72	diesel	auto
48	1991	Ford	Wayne	72	diesel	auto
49	1989	IHC	Wayne	66	diesel	auto	[bought used 8-24-99]
75	1991	IHC	Blue Bird	48	diesel	auto	[hydraulic brakes][ex-San Diego USD]
76	1995	IHC	Blue Bird	48	diesel	auto	[hydraulic brakes][ex-San Diego USD]

All buses have air brakes unless noted
All buses but 25 are Conventionals (CA type I, US type C)
Bus 25 is a cut away van (CA type II, US type A)
Buses 42-48 are equiped with retarders
Buses 38,40-49,and 75 have been upgraded with Stop Arms
Bus 76 has Amber Lights and a Stop Arm.

75 is known as .75 or the baby bus because it is only 3/4 the size of the other buses.

Buses retired since 1990

number	year	chassis	coach	passengers	fuel	trans.	notes
26	1972	GMC	Superior	66	gas	5spd
30	1974	GMC	Carpenter	66	gas	5spd	[to Christian Unified Schools of San Diego #7]
36	1975	IHC	Carpenter	66	gas	5spd	[blown up in the movie Universal Soldier]
37	1975	IHC	Carpenter	66	gas	5spd	[blown up in the movie Universal Soldier]

Buses retired before 1990

number year chassis coach passengers fuel trans. notes

24 1971? GMC Superior 66 gas 5spd

25 1971? GMC Superior 66 gas 5spd

29 1974? GMC? Carpenter ?? gas 5spd? [transit]

35 1974? IHC? Carpenter ?? gas 5spd? [transit]

39 1979? ??? Hackney? ?? diesel auto [transit][the first diesel]

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