Contracted student transportation is a step that, once taken, leaves virtually every district administrator and school board member/trustee with the same response: “Why didn’t we outsource our transportation system years ago?”

Contracted transportation makes sense in an era when school district resources are too precious to divide between student education and managing the complexities of pupil transportation. The outsourcing process is easier than you think.

First Student is “The Next Step” for every district considering outsourced pupil transportation. First Student is the leading student transportation contractor in North America and safely transports over four million children to and from school every day . . . on over 60,000 reliable school buses driven by highly trained professional drivers.

Talk to First Student today about how a custom designed transportation program makes “Your Next Step” the right one for your school district and its stakeholders – most importantly the students and families you transport!

How to Proceed

• Prepare a Cost Analysis - Activity-Based Costing
• Develop RFP Specifications
• Routing And Scheduling Responsibility
• Employee Protection Clauses
• Insurance
• Fleet Replacement
• Insure Continuous Communication With Stakeholders
• Community, Drivers, Media
• Qualify Potential Transportation Providers

• Develop a sound business plan
• Find business leaders who will champion the District's goals
• Commit to early and open communication with current transportation employees
• Manage the local media - Change is News; Make it Your News
• Use existing chains of communication - PTA's; District newsletters

Please contact us to learn how First Student can help you.

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