efficiencies of regular routing along with the internal efficiencies of saving time and mon- ey spent integrating routing with requests. Tese largely web- or Windows-based
solutions allow teachers to request trips and to estimate their cost and principals or other administrators to approve them. Transportation tracks the entire process and, of course, performs the actual trips. “Tere’s no chasing paper or people
around, a highly inefficient way to operate,” said Michael Hinckley, president of Easy Bus. “We’re hearing from our customers that what they want is the ability to track and to know that, when they’re going to as- sign a driver a trip, is that going to put them into overtime? Te other thing is being able to bill (the trips) more precisely.” At the start of the 2011-2012 school year,
Waukegan Public School District 60, which serves Chicago’s north shore, implemented Versatrans’ TripTracker after the school board asked for greater accountability. Basi- cally, they wanted to know which students were going where. Cost was also impor-
tant, but Waukegan doesn’t fund field trips or extra-curriculuar trips. Instead, they are funded through grants provided by local museums and institutes, which is growing in popularity elsewhere, such as at Cy-Fair. “Here in the Chicago area, the Illinois
Museum opened, and because most chil- dren today are so far removed from that, the museum has incorporated transporta- tion costs. We’ve taken many trips for free because it’s been basically covered by the museum,” said Walter Doughty, the dis- trict’s director of transportation. “It’s not so much how we as a district are
spending money, but (field trip software) enables us to give a report to the school board on the types of trips a school is taking in general, what kind of programs they are taking our children to and what our costs are. Tracking gives you great accountability.” Doughty said all parties are impressed
with not only the ease of use but the ability to be more accountable in providing addi- tional educational opportunities to students. “Te purpose of field trips is to enrich
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Texas has realized a host of efficiencies since incorporating online field trip software.
a student’s academic experience,” added James Guzewich, president of Tyler’s Versa- trans Solution. “Tey do, however, come at a cost. Districts seem to be trending toward ‘virtual field trips,’ or requesting parents to cover the costs of the bus ride in addition to any entry/admission fee. “It is our goal to provide software that
can reduce the costs associated with trans- porting students to and from field trips as well as accommodate any district policy, including the ability to invoice the trans- portation costs for reimbursement.” ■
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