Strategic planning, frequent communication, and supporting front-line employees are some recommended steps to help with significant transitions.
As the hustle and bustle of the new school year ramps up, remember to take a minute to slow down and breathe.
Dr. Tammy Knipp, Tennessee's state director of student transportation, discusses her background and her role in overseeing school bus safety, training standards, and regulation compliance.
Wildfire smoke spurred me to start checking an air quality index. The data-driven experience brought to mind how, more than ever, numbers are readily available to track pupil transportation performance.
In the first of a new series, SBF poses five pertinent questions to Keith Henry, NAPT president and director of transportation for Lee’s Summit (Mo.) R-7 School District.
The facility in Latham, New York, will house Tyler's growing team that provides school transportation solutions Versatrans, Traversa, and Tyler Drive.
The business intelligence platform will display actionable data in a user friendly dashboard and allow transportation directors to share it and collaborate on solutions. It will be unveiled at the association’s annual Summit in November.
The current NAPT strategic plan is comprehensive but contains just three goals: communicating better; providing resources to improve communication and decision-making; and increasing the number of NAPT certified school transportation professionals.
Transportation veteran Jim Beekman says he sees a paradigm shift that is vital: one that identifies cost per program so decisions use a base of data to support objectives, not just the old methodology of “sounds good to me.”
Through a partnership with bus company Olson Transportation, parents and school officials at the Chicago area school districts will be able to connect in real time with their children’s school bus.
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