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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...
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 think there are perhaps 2 answers to the question that are each related to how we analyze costs within the school district setting. But 1st, let’s be clear: What...
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...
How Poor Bell Time Analysis Can Go Wrong
Long Bus Routes and Sleep Deprivation
Just like physical activity, sleep plays a crucial role in maintaining wellbeing. Over 30 years of cumulative research shows that multiple school-related factors are responsible for children getting inadequate sleep. Major culprits include: Early school start times...
Why Doesn’t Every Child Ride Your Bus?
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. Estimated users of active transport are 5.3 million or roughly 10.7% of students, including those...