SPED Safe’s curriculum will prepare Zum drivers to understand the unique nature, needs, and characteristics of individual students' disabilities, as well as mitigate situations as they arise, regardless of that student’s special need.
The 78 Seattle Public Schools bus routes had been awarded to alternative transportation provider Zum.
Child safety tops the list of concerns among parents of school bus riders, followed by fears of COVID-19 infections, and a lack of tracking and visibility.
The student transportation company seeks to transform the industry by shaking up the status quo.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, with more than 650,000 students, has selected student transportation provider Zum with an eye toward modernizing services.
The program's enhanced training curriculum is meant to improve driver safety and performance, provide specialized training for transportation professionals, and implement new vehicle safety technology.
Six buses were deployed across the San Francisco Bay area. The company also announced it secured two grants for more than 35 EV buses for the Oakland Unified School District.
In December, she joined student transportation provider Zum as its first executive vice president of school transportation. Now, she looks toward expanding the company's reach across the United States.
The company, which offers alternative student transportation, will introduce digitized daily safety checks, student information system integrations, and digital tags.
With the Series D Softbank Vision funds, Zum plans to accelerate its vision of modernizing school transportation, which includes a path to 100% electric vehicles by 2025 and market expansion to 12 states.
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