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COVER STORY


Conquering Rocky Challenges Nicole Portee of Denver Public Schools is named Transportation Director of the Year, in recognition of using


school bus service for increased student achievement and of identifying solutions to driver shortages


NOVEMBER 2018 VOLUME 28 ISSUE 11


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Optimization Improving vehicle utilization with routing is ensuring students are properly accounted for—and that they make the journey to and from school safely, while also assisting school district budgets


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Open-Architecture Video Security School districts look to transform their video surveillance into a district-wide security strategy, and vendors stand at the ready with the latest IP technology to do the job


ON THE COVER


Nicole Portee of Denver Public Schools personifies industry leadership. Here, she poses with several of the district’s school buses with the Mile High City skyline in the background.


Photo by Erwin Harrison Courtesy of Blue Bird Corporation


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