Stupid Reasons Districts Give to Avoid Healthier School Start Times

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Mar 6, 2026 | Administration & Leadership, Transportation, Transportation Management

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, “Criticism may not be...

Routing Software: One of the Key Ingredients in Getting to Healthier SSTs

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Feb 7, 2026 | Administration & Leadership, Transportation, Transportation Management

(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...

Why Do School Districts So Often Believe that Healthier School Start Times Will Cost Money?

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Jan 6, 2026 | Transportation, Transportation Management

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...

Will Healthier School Start Times Make Your Bus Driver Shortage Worse?

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Sep 3, 2025 | Transportation, Transportation Management

  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...

Pupil Transportation Contract Requirements & Templates

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Jul 1, 2024 | Transportation, Transportation Management

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School Bus Loading Zone Trends

by K-12 Transport / Prismatic Services | Jul 1, 2024 | Transportation, Transportation Management

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...