TRENDS
DECISIONS
School Transportation News received 167 total responses to an email survey sent in August and delivered to 4,782 readers with the job titles of transportation directors and supervisors, for a response rate of 3 percent. They answered questions on succession planning, social media policies, walking zones, and more.
How did you go back to school? 93% Full in-person learning (allowing parents to opt out) 5% Full in-person learning (only allowing younger students or those with underlying conditions to opt out.) 0.6% Hybrid learning 0.6% All virtual learning (Out of 166 responses.)
60%of respondents have policies regarding personal social media usage by transportation employees
32%don’t have polices 8% of respondents don’t know. (Out of 141 responses.)
Are individual staff members using their personal Facebook accounts to join groups to interact with other transportation professionals?
40% Yes 35% I don’t know 25% No (Out of 141 responses.)
81% Readers who say they are concerned about the public’s
perception of school bus drivers and the transportation department. (Out of 139 responses.)
70% Readers who say they concerned about students’
perception of school bus drivers and the transportation department. (Out of 138 responses.)
Please select all the technologies you currently have on board your school buses.
88% Video cameras 62% GPS 44% Event recorders 27% Electronic stability control 25% Tablets 16% Student tracking/RFID cards 13% Collison avoidance 11%Wi-Fi 11% Other (Child-check systems, Stop-arm cameras, none.) 9% Fire suppression systems (not fire extinguishers)
(Out of 128 responses. Total does not equal 100. More than one answer allowed.)
Please select all the technologies you want on board your school buses.
58% Student tracking/RFID cards 47% GPS 45%Collison avoidance 41%Video cameras 37% Wi-Fi 31% Electronic stability control 31% Tablets 28% Event recorders 11% Other (Stop-arm cameras, none.) 9% Fire suppression systems (not fire extinguishers)
(Out of 112 responses. Total does not equal 100. More than one answer allowed.)
12 School Transportation News • OCTOBER 2021
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