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Stupid Reasons Districts Give to Avoid Healthier School Start Times
If we’ve worked together, you know that I am upfront with clients. When we are working to make education better for kids, I don’t think we have time to waste on feel-good, bland statements that don’t drive action. As 1 of my heroes put it,...
Routing Software: One of the Key Ingredients in Getting to Healthier SSTs
(and Avoiding Making CNN) Why do school districts so often raise the specter of increased transportation costs as the reason to avoid moving to healthier school start times (SSTs)? I gave 2 answers we commonly run across in the blog titled “Show me the Data”. Neither was a legitimate reason, mostly just fear of change hiding behind undocumented and uncontextualized numbers. But if you’ve played “show me the data” with your...
Why Do School Districts So Often Believe that Healthier School Start Times Will Cost Money?
Why do school districts so often raise the specter of increased transportation costs as the reason to avoid moving to healthier school start times (SSTs)? That’s a question I ponder, sometimes late at night, sometimes while running, and sometimes in the shower. I...
Are Your District Stars Aligned to Get to Healthier School Start Times?
If you work in a school district where middle or high schools start before 8:30a, you probably already know that’s neither a recommended best practice nor a healthy practice for teens. Are you ready to do something good and get to better school start times (SSTs) for...
Will Healthier School Start Times Make Your Bus Driver Shortage Worse?
Not if your drivers like sunsets... In the discussions about getting to healthier school start times (SSTs), the driver shortage frequently comes up as the final excuse as to why we just can’t get there. The offered logic is that healthier SSTs will somehow...
Pupil Transportation Contract Requirements & Templates
School Bus Loading Zone Trends
The Kansas State Department of Education (ksde.org) with help from the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS.org) has performed an annual, national service for over five decades by collecting, analyzing and sharing reports...
