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District credits routing software with $113,000 salary savings, plans app rollout and bus purchases
Summary
Transportation staff said new routing software and an associated parent app reduced routes and saved roughly $113,000 in salary costs; the district plans to implement a parent stop‑finder app in July and is budgeting for new buses at $140,000–$145,000 each.
Transportation officials told the Hancock County School District Board of Trustees that the new routing software (Route Finder Plus) has allowed the district to optimize routes, eliminate seven routes so far and realize an estimated $113,000 in salary savings.
Transportation staff demonstrated the software’s mapping and optimization features for the board, showing how the system breaks down student counts, stops and routes by neighborhood and…
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