Trends Special Needs, Child Reminders & More


This month’s survey centered on understanding and optimizing transportation for students with special needs, including a look at some of the tools the industry needs to do the job. We asked transportation managers, directors and fleet supervisors to describe their current operations for busing both regular education and special education students. Our survey was sent to 5,032 participants. It was opened 1,491 times and we received a total of 252 responses. Here’s what we learned.


81


Average number of school buses on “regular” routes


4,483 Lack of Seat Belts 4%


23% 18%


Other Unsafe


Loading and Unloading Zones


Avg. number of “regular” education students


transported


What are your biggest child passenger safety challenges?


Most Common Way Drivers Perform Child Check Not Using Technology:


32% Child Seating 23%


83% said they have no issues


with obtaining A/C parts, either directly or through their local dealer


Student Behavior Management


Mandatory and Recorded Walkthroughs


25


Average number of buses on special education routes


210


Average number of special education students transported


Do you have policies for reviewing video footage to identify behavior problems of either students or staff?


44% Yes 28% No 28% N/A


How do your drivers check for students at the end of routes?


68% said they


use an electronic reminder system during the post-trip inspection


60% of readers say they make their purchase


decisions based on the lowest price


10%


The percentage of readers who say they use predictive analytics to gauge when to order air- conditioning parts.


14 School Transportation News • MARCH 2018


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