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A Student Transportation Survival Guide
Three student transportation professionals on how they covered routes, kept their drivers, and protected service when budgets weren't growing.
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Three directors. Three Texas districts. Moderated by Josh Rice of BusPlanner.
Ridership expectations haven't shrunk, but budgets and hiring pools have. The panel dug into what actually works when those two realities collide, told by the people managing it right now.
With fewer drivers to go around, every open route falls to staff who are already stretched thin. Hear how the panel kept routes covered without burning out the people they most needed to keep.
Fuel, parts, and labor costs keep climbing while budgets hold flat. See where these directors found room in their operations before service had to absorb the difference.
State reporting deadlines don't ease up when you're short staffed. Hear how the panel stayed audit ready without adding hours to an already full week.
Every panelist is a sitting transportation director running a Texas district. They shared the numbers behind their own budgets, the calls they've already made this year, and the ones they're still building a case for.
Director of Transportation
Northside ISD
San Antonio, TX
Director of Transportation
Irving ISD
Irving, TX
Director of Transportation
Pearland ISD
President, TAPT
Regional Sales Manager
BusPlanner
ModeratorThe session ran on four levers: squeeze every route mile, claim every dollar you're owed, keep the drivers you have, and protect parent and board trust. Here's where each director landed.
We're only getting 16% of our overall budget reimbursed by the state. The rest is money we have to pay out of the general fund.
Anthony Shields
Director of Transportation, Pearland ISD
Our CFO put out a survey asking how we could save the district money, because we're facing a $48 million budget deficit.
Tesilia Soliz
Director of Transportation, Northside ISD
With the board it's kind of like an elevator pitch. They don't need to know all the ins and outs. That's our job. We just have to have it processed for them.
Summer Adams
Director of Transportation, Irving ISD
Route miles, reimbursement, driver retention, and the trust you need from parents and your board. Three directors on what each one is worth in a real district.
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