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Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1981
The verified successful business practices described in this booklet were being used by Massachusetts schools in the late 1970s. The practices have resulted in cost savings, are generally easy to replicate, and usually do not require major capital outlay. The practices listed are largely conservation practices or relate to food service management,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Bluth, Linda, Ed.; Sweeney, Mary Kathleen, Ed. – 1981
A survey of 45 State Education Agency Transportation Directors is reported concerning state transportation services for handicapped students. Summary data are given in both tabular and narrative form for the following areas: procedures used for transporting handicapped individuals, handicapped population transported by public and/or private…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBRI Systems, Inc., Phoenix, AZ. – 1977
This publication series of five booklets presents a summary of tips for saving energy in pupil transportation. The first booklet offers guidelines and suggestions to assist school transportation administration in achieving better fuel economy and cost management goals. The second presents purchasing tips and shows ways to use benefit cost analysis…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Check Lists, Cost Effectiveness, Driver Education
Sachs, Steven Mark – 1980
In response to the 1979 gasoline shortage, East Los Angeles College (ELAC) conducted a survey of faculty and staff to determine the primary means of transportation to ELAC, the number of miles which students and faculty commuted, the accessibility of bus lines to student and staff homes, the number of transfers made by those riding the bus to…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Personnel
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Bureau of Pupil Transportation.
Prepared for boards of education and municipal planning authorities, school site selection is related to school bus safety. Consideration of direction and density of traffic flow, street crossings, curbing, drainage, road width, parking areas, number of pupils and personnel, number of buses, method of transportation, schedules and extra-curricular…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Parking Controls, Parking Facilities, Safety
Hubbard, Ben C., Comp.; And Others – 1974
By virtue of a Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act grant, the feasibility of consolidating 7 Illinois high schools was studied. Areas of consideration were geographic characteristics, high school and elementary curriculum, and cost considerations relative to high school and elementary school buildings, curriculum, transportation,…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Costs, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools
Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. National Highway Safety Bureau. – 1974
A standardized and comprehensive school bus driver instructional program has been developed under contract with the Federal Government. The course has been organized to provide in one package a program for developing the minimum skills and knowledge needed by the school bus driver instructor, as well as those supplemental skills and knowledge…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Instructional Materials, Instructional Programs, Job Training
Bayliss, Edward T. – 1974
The Education Cooperative (TEC) composed of nine contiguous Massachusetts towns (Dedham, Natick, Needham, Norwood, Walpole, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, and Westwood) is exploring the possible development of a regional transportation system to serve the special education pupils within these communities. This report describes the planning required…
Descriptors: Centralization, Cooperative Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Stollar, Dewey H. – 1971
The purpose of this NEFP satellite study is to provide an overview of pupil transportation. The first phase of the study discusses the early legal and financial bases for student transportation, the second the current status of student transportation, and the third the future status of student transportation needs and financing for 1980.…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
DuVall, Charles R.; Krepel, Wayne J. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to investigate existing state laws and court decisions in the United States related to teacher responsibility and liability while on field trips. Literature reviewed in the report deals with both teacher responsibility and the instructional aspect of field trips. During July and August, 1971 a three-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Legislation, Field Instruction, Field Trips
Ozmon, Howard; Craver, Sam – 1972
This report discusses the current school busing crisis, examines the history of busing, and looks into the future of busing. In discussing the current crisis the authors examine recent court cases mandating busing to achieve desegregation. They go back into history to trace the tradition of busing, to obtain facts and figures, and to look at past…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Housing Discrimination
Minnesota Advisory Council on Fluctuating School Enrollments, St. Paul. – 1977
This document contains the working papers, special studies, and data analyses conducted for the Minnesota Advisory Council on Fluctuating Enrollments. The information in this volume formed the basis for the advisory council's recommendations (contained in Volume I) to the Minnesota legislature, state department of education, teachers retirement…
Descriptors: Class Size, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Walcott, Wayne; And Others – Spectrum, 1986
Discusses issues concerning the use of computers in school bus scheduling and routing. Examines the advantages, technical considerations, and costs of changing to a computerized system. Offers a five-point approach toward implementation and includes a table of comparative data for routing and scheduling models for a typical school bus fleet. (IW)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHornburger, Jane M. – Journal of Negro Education, 1976
Focuses on four topics: (1) the Irish stronghold of South Boston; (2) the role of the Boston School Committee in the lack of enforcement of pro-integration legislation; (3) four types of by-products of the bussing issue--political implications, violence, the changed meaning of bussing, and parental fears; and (4) the implementation of Boston's two…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
Trider, Don – 1999
This paper examines the turbulent policy environment of school-district leaders by placing five topics under the microscope. Using a first-person narrative, the report describes the move toward a public/private partnership for student transportation, the amalgamation of school boards, issues surrounding governance, school closures, dealing with a…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role
