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Leander ISD Saves $1M Through Route Optimization
Leander ISD identified more than $1 million in projected annual savings after using AlphaRoute to optimize bus routes without changing schedules or stops.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHLeander ISD identified more than $1 million in projected annual savings after using AlphaRoute to optimize bus routes without changing schedules or stops.
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The company’s A.R.M.O.R.-StopArm solution captures a clear image of the offender’s license plate, vehicle information, violation location and date/time, and officials say a report can be easily created and customized to send to law enforcement.
Read More →To make ends meet while attending seminary, Gabriel Tait began working as a school bus driver for Jessamine County (Ky.) Schools. He tells a newspaper that he has found much meaning in that job, taking the opportunity to inspire his passengers to strive for their goals and sharing stories from his mission trips.
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David Poag of Anderson School District Five tells SBF about the goals of the S.A.V.E. (Stop-Arm Violation Education Enforcement) campaign, which include making school bus stops in the state safer and creating awareness among the public and state legislators about the dangers of stop-arm violations. Sen. Thomas Alexander introduces legislation supporting one of the campaign's goals, telling SBF, “It’s hard for me to imagine how someone would pass the arm of a stopped school bus.”
Read More →Tennessee launches the THP Pupil Transportation Certification application, which replaces a paper-based manual process. Officials expect the program’s mobile and web-based components to provide substantial savings in time and expense and a significant reduction in errors due to manual entry.
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In the months since bus driver Charles Poland was gunned down and a student was taken hostage, Dale County Schools is “doing better with time,” Superintendent Donny Bynum says. Here, he reveals insights on the heartrending episode and describes what has helped his district in the healing process.
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Bill Lehman is a school bus driver for Queen Creek (Ariz.) Unified School District #95. In this five-part series, he shares his longtime desire to become a bus driver and the path that brought him to the industry. In this final segment of the series, Lehman writes about taking the commercial driver’s license test, and the emotions he felt upon passing and returning to the district’s bus yard.
Read More →The company's "The Magic Tent," a student safety program for children in grades 3 through 5, and "Preventing Bullying," for grades 3 through 12, win three awards from the Silver Telly Council.
Read More →Sarah Brake was on a morning route earlier this month when 9-year-old Abby approached her in distress because she was choking on food. Brake removed Abby from the bus and administered the Heimlich maneuver three times, successfully dislodging the food and allowing Abby to breathe.
Read More →For the pilot program, American Traffic Solutions provided Mansfield (Texas) Independent School District with its CrossingGuard school bus stop-arm camera solution to help monitor the extent of the problem.
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