Top Transportation Teams Announced

Six School Districts in North America Win Inaugural Award

Schenectady, NY – The winners of the first Top Transportation Teams award have been announced, with the six winners coming from four states: Indiana, Michigan, New York and Texas.

The winners were divided into two categories, departments with more than 100 employees and departments with no more than 100 employees.

The winners in the over 100 employees category are: Franklin Township Community School Corporation in Indiana; Klein Independent School District in Texas and Garland Independent School District in Texas.

The winners in the 100 or fewer employees category are: Marshall Public Schools in Michigan; Pembroke Central School District in New York; and South Lewis Central School District in New York.

Transfinder, the leader in school transportation management software, in partnership with School Transportation News, will present the winners with their Top Transportation Teams awards at the STN Expo in Reno, Nevada on July 17. STN is providing a full scholarship to attend the STN Expo to one representative from each of the winning teams, and Transfinder is covering travel and hotel costs for the winners.

The winners were selected solely on the anonymous survey responses of their teams, with those districts scoring the highest in employee satisfaction receiving the Top Transportation Teams designation. The teams were comprised of transportation supervisors, routers, dispatchers, drivers and others considered core to the transportation department. Survey questions covered a variety of areas, including: Morale within the department, leadership, safety and benefits.

Representatives from each of the winning teams will be featured on a leadership panel discussion at the STN Expo on July 17 to discuss what makes a Top Transportation Team. The discussion will be moderated by Transfinder President and CEO Antonio Civitella. Transfinder created the Top Transportation Teams award in response to the inspiring leadership schools demonstrated dealing with the challenges created by the pandemic.

“When we speak with transportation leaders, visit with them at tradeshows or on their campuses, and read about them in publications like School Transportation News, we constantly see the amazing work they do in extremely challenging conditions,” Civitella said. “Transportation departments deal with safety issues such as illegal passing. They are dealing with a nationwide driver shortage. They are facing more demands from their communities. They are coping with tighter budgets as well. And yet we see these leaders smile, do their jobs and remain passionate about the safe transportation of schoolchildren. I just felt these heroes needed more recognition.”