He said transportation then weighs each factor and examines it between each age group using a rubric. “When we do that, it also provides equity across the district,” he said. “It means that I’m going to do the same for my more affluent areas and my less affluent areas.” Meanwhile, Robert White, the director of transportation for Richland School District Two in South Carolina, transports close to 12,000 students
across three tiers. He shared the district authorizes transportation for students who live farther than a mile and a half from the school, however, they do deem hazardous areas, which are an exception. Hazardous areas include high speed traffic, areas with no side- walks or railroad crossings.
The Accordion Effect Richland’s White added that the district recently updated its bell times. Even though tiers remained the same, the times changing impacted the routing. “It took some work because as
you could imagine there’s more elementary schools than there are middle and high schools,” he noted, adding that staff start- ed routing in the center of the district, expanded outward, then doubled back to accommodate all schools. “It’s sort of like a like an accordion effect,” he added. He shared the district has rout-
ing software as well as routers on staff. A specialist oversees all the routes and updates the maps in the software as needed. Routes are reviewed every summer. ●
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