Improve Service, Reduce Costs: Why this school district chose to get out of the business of transporting students.

School districts across the U.S. may be facing similar challenges regarding their student transportation program: Getting students to school consistently on-time, providing the best drivers and vehicles for their students’ safety and navigating the logistics of their routing platform.

In this webinar, learn how one school district seamlessly transitioned and improved its transportation program by partnering with a provider. District leaders will receive answers to some of the most asked questions:

• What will happen to our buses, our drivers and our facility? 
  
• Where are the hidden costs in my student transportation program?
• How and when to release an RFP?

Speakers

Jim Woods, First Student
Moderator

Jim Woods is a 44-year veteran of the school transportation industry and has been with First Student for 41 of those years. He blames his brother-in-law for convincing him to drive a school bus during college. That part-time job quickly became his life-long career. Jim spent his first 28 years working his way up through the frontline operations side of the business in various positions including Regional Vice President. For the past 16 years, Jim has consulted with hundreds of school districts to make sure their transportation system fully supports the district’s mission to maximize student potential.









Dr. John Toleno
Superintendent·Upper Merion Area School District

Dr. John Toleno has a 40 year career in education and has served as a teacher, State level administrator, assistant principal, principal and has served as a Superintendent for the past 23 years in three (3) different districts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Dr. Toleno has been the Superintendent of the Upper Merion Area School District for the past nine (9) years.