Transpar News Archive

TransPar makes news for all the right reasons, helping school districts find solutions to operational, funding or logistical challenges, and better serving the students and communities that depend on them.

• District Administration Alternative Transportation
  From last school year to this one, the St. Lucie County (Fla.) Public Schools reduced the number of buses it operates from 399 to 362, despite opening two new schools. ... Read More
• $1 million less for buses? The Truth Newspaper - Elkhart, IN
  At a Jan. 20 work session, consultant Kyle Martin of TransPar Group named three key ways for ECS to significantly cut costs: Consider new bell times, consolidate bus runs and take a look at student-walk zones. ... Read More
• Bell for high-schoolers stays at 7 a.m., board decides
  Las Vegas, NV - High school students won't need to reset their alarm clocks in the fall after the Clark County School Board voted Thursday to leave unchanged the 7 a.m. high school start time. ... Read More
• Cut transportation costs without sacrificing patron satisfaction
  Your district transportation must operate as efficiently as possible to keep costs down, but it's not that simple. ... Read More
• District Administration - Kinnamans Call Long Overdue
  Your call to action on designing and building 'School 2.0' in January 2007 was long overdue. ... Read More
• District Administration - The Benefits of Walking
  I read with great interest the News Update item on the renewed efforts schools are making to address the issue of childhood obesity ("Grant Awarded to Curb Obesity," March 2007).... ... Read More
• Lakota superintendent says cost-saving efforts efficient
  As Lakota officials seek ways to cut costs, Superintendent Mike Taylor said priorities will focus on student engagement and achievement. ... Read More
• Leadership Gap - Letter to the Editor (School Bus Fleet) by K. Martin
  While TransPar has many long-time customers who have come to depend on us to manage their student transportation departments over the long term ... Read More
• Orange schedule flip: After audit, School Board looks at options
  ORLANDO, FL - District likely will not flip high-school, middle-school schedules, despite audit howing it saved $5.8 million. ... Read More
• P-H-M renews its pact with TransPar for bus service; school officials believe money still being save
  MISHAWAKA -- Five years ago, school bus management changed in the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp. -- a switch officials say will likely save them money for yet another two years. ... Read More
• School Transportation News - Letters to the Editor
  Congratulations and thanks to David Wegbreit and Ryan Gray ... Read More
• St. Lucie schools save $3 million with bus route, bell time changes
  ST. LUCIE COUNTY - School transportation officials saved almost $3 million last year by consolidating bus routes and changing school bell times. ... Read More
• The School Administrators - Overlooked Sports Issue
  Your package of stories about inter-scholastic athletics (June 2006) was thorough and enlightening. ... Read More
• Top 10 Shops, School Bus Fleet
  There's no slack to be found in the maintenance program at Special School District of St. Louis County. ... Read More
• TransPar Joins Association of State School Transportation Directors
  TransPar has become a member of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services, an organization providing leadership and expertise to school transportation programs in all 50 states and several districts. ... Read More