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Navigating the Funding Cliff The Fiscal Cliff Has Three Converging Components School transportation faces a perfect storm of challenges: Funding sources converging on flat or reduced levels while costs increase, disruptions to the funding sources themselves (property tax reform, state allocation changes) and non-operational policy changes affecting service volume. Any one of these would be manageable alone, said consultant Tim Ammon, but all three hitting simultaneously is what makes the current situation so difficult.
First Responder Coordination with Transportation Clarify Command Structure Before Incidents Occur At crash scenes, confusion about who is in charge creates dangerous chaos. School districts must establish clear protocols in advance about the chain of command between transportation staff, district emergency personnel, EMS, fire and police, including who controls student-release decisions.
16 School Transportation News • MAY 2026
Culture That Rocks: Set List on How to Amp Up the Company’s Culture (to Eleven) and Deliver Sustainable Results Shift Your Mindset from Transportation to Creating Experiences Don’t think of your work as merely transactional transportation of students from point A to point B. The experience equation has four levels: The need (transportation), the environment (clean, safe vehicle), the relationship (how the driver makes students and parents feel), and the value (memorable experiences). The relationship level is where you make the real difference.
How to Care Less Without Being Careless Schedule Your Priorities, Don’t Prioritize Your Schedule There is a difference between caring and caring in excess. Instead of looking at your to-do list and deciding what’s most important, Bret Brooks advised starting with your priorities and putting them on the calendar first as a way of managing stress. This ensures that what truly matters gets protected time, and everything else works around those commitments.
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