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Te right resources can help school transport staff choose the right technology that serves their specific needs. Tony Briscoe is the director of transportation at Oxnard School District in Oxnard, California. He says students and parent have many choices to make when selecting a school for their child to attend. For example, Oxnard uses TransTraks the Pupil Transportation Information System (PTIS), School Locator and ActSoft to optimize routes. Some schools have more technology platforms. Many have less. And even more have none
at all. But the technology that is available provides many options to serve many different programs and needs, depending on specific situations. “Te data, maps and tracking systems ensure the bus stops, runs and routes are safe, efficient and cost effective,” says Briscoe. Addressing the complexity of transportation services means that Oxnard parents can choose a neighborhood K-5 or K-8 school, with transportation provided for students that live 1.5 miles from school, he observes. But the district also offers parents the opportunity to send their children to a grade 6-8 academy, with transportation provided for students who live 1.5 miles from school. Te district also offers a dual-language immersion (DLI) program, with transportation provided for students who attend a neighborhood school that does not offer the program.
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OPTIMAL ROUTING VARIABLES Like Oxnard, other school districts are putting optimization to work in many ways. Te implementation depends on factors like geography, budget and overall need—but often a mix of technologies. Fayetteville Public Schools in Fayetteville, Ark. uses Versatrans by Tyler Technologies, plus a separate GPS system through that two-way radio system. Mike McClure, director of transportation service, says the district is looking to in- tegrate GPS with the routing software in the future, so as to provide more accurate infor- mation. “With that, we plan to provide a parent app that will send push notifications to them as the bus gets close to their stop and if a bus is late,” he adds. “Versatrans requires downloads from our student information system (SIS) provider. It is only as accurate as the information inputted in the SIS and downloaded to our program.” Information may need to be updated as routes change, in order to keep technology
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running smoothly and effectively. “Clark County uses run revisions to track all routing changes. Keeping a record of all these changes helps staff maintain current route needs, as well as forecast for growth and/or reductions,” says John Lockhart, the Las Vegas district’s operations coordinator. “Each time a curb-to-curb student is added to a route or has an ad- dress change, it creates a run revision. Each run revision has a specific start and end date. Drivers receive route change reports to include the type of change and route directions based on the newest revision. Drivers receive the change at least 2-3 days prior to the change effective date, allowing them to make the necessary seamless adjustment,” he said.
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