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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...
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...
School Bus Maintenance for Administrators and Fleet Manager
Automating School Bus Maintenance
A third under appreciated and under utilized component of a broad based school bus maintenance and cost reduction plan is automating more operations. Old school head bus mechanics who lack computer savvy may be slow to adopt new computer-driven programs, despite...
The Bus as a Learning Tool
Recent estimates peg the number of students who ride the school bus in the US at 25 million, just over 50% of the total 49.9 million American school children aged 5‒17. An estimated 10.7% walk or bike to school and the remaining 39.3% of students travel to school by...
Improving and Optimizing School Bus Fuel Economy
Kudos to one of our clients for taking on the hard work of doing the right thing. Often, the right thing is not popular. But it's still the right thing. Mid Del to close two schools, leaving parents upset OKLAHOMA CITY — The Mid Del School District will be closing two...
