Todd Kelsay: Director of Transportation

Job Description: Todd is in charge of all transportation for Mercer Island School District students, including the MISD bus fleet and working with Metro. He manages 40 drivers, as well as all the sub drivers.

Location: The brand new Maintenance, Operations and Transportation Building located behind Crest Learning Center. The old MOT building was removed due to the PEAK project.

Typical Day: Todd begins his day between 6:30 and 7:00 am. This time of year he has been working with drivers to train students to cross the street safely as they get on and off the bus. He is also very busy with student bus count as this number dictates how much state funding the district gets for transportation. Todd is constantly working on route adjustments, making sure we don’t overload routes. There is ongoing work buying and selling buses, training drivers and dealing with student management issues. We have very few behavior problems on our buses!

Best part of the job: “I loved being a driver (Todd drove for his first two years in the District), but now it’s working with people who enjoy being around students. Our drivers have been with us an average of 14 years. They know all of the students’ names, and many students grow up with the same driver. Most of them will say this is the best job they have ever had. It’s a wonderful work environment.”

Years worked in the district: 5 years

Something people may not know: MISD is unique in that we allow students to use different stops, depending on where they need to go after school. We can accommodate almost any request.

Outside interests: Todd loves spending time with his family. He and his wife Kris have two children—their daughter Shea, age 12, is a student at IMS, and son Conner, age 16, goes to MIHS. Todd also enjoys mountain climbing and skydiving. He has climbed mountains all over the world, but particularly loves the Cascades. He has been on top of Mt. Rainier 30 times!