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In The Rearview · Live Panel Series

Lessons Learned from The Back to School Crunch

Both sessions are a wrap. Six transportation leaders compared notes on the back-to-school crunch across two live panels in September. Watch the replays and grab the Back-to-School Checklist below.

What they dug into

Three problems transportation teams experienced

Late enrollment

A student moved in July and nobody told you until day 2. What happens in your office in the next hour?

Driver shortage

Everybody says driver shortage. What actually moved the needle for you this year?

New + substitute drivers

A driver runs a route for the very first time on day one. What do you give them so it's not a guess?

Get the replay

Watch both sessions.

Panel 1 · September 9
Sep 9
1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT · 60 min on Zoom
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Marc Medina
Supervisor of Transportation, Farmingdale SD, NY
NYAPT President
SB
Sarah Birdsong
Director of Transportation, Chapel Hill ISD, TX
MS
Mike Satterfield
Chief of Transportation, Forsyth County Schools, GA
Recorded live on Zoom on September 9th
Panel 2 · September 23
Sep 23
2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT · 60 min on Zoom
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Peggie L. Overton
Director of Transportation, Agua Fria Union HSD, AZ
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Dawnett Wright
Director of Transportation, Peninsula SD, WA
NAPT Region 5 Director
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Ben Bennett
Transportation Director, Emmett SD, ID
Recorded live on Zoom on September 23rd
Highlights

The best moments from both panels.

Short clips from the conversations above. Watch the full replays for the whole story.

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Get the Back-to-School Checklist

12 things to fix before next August, distilled from both panels. Fill out the form and the download opens right away.

A useful tool that you can share with your whole team
12 practices organized by season, from spring planning to day one and beyond
Written from what six leading transportation directors said works for them
Cover of the BusRight Back-to-School Checklist
You are all set.

Grab your copy below.

Download the checklist PDF

12 things to fix before next August, from Marc, Mike, Sarah, Peggie, Dawnett and Ben.

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See BusRight on your routes

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In The Rearview
Sep 9 · Sep 23 · Recorded live