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Venus ISD transportation director seeks Transfinder routing system; board tables purchase after debate about cost and trade‑off with bus purchase
Summary
Transportation staff recommended buying Transfinder routing software and new tablets; the board discussed costs, parent app adoption, card readers, and whether to forgo purchasing a new bus to fund the system. Trustees voted to table both the Transfinder software and the related CDW hardware purchase pending additional quotes and ridership data.
The district’s transportation staff proposed that Venus ISD adopt the Transfinder routing and parent‑communication system and replace aging bus tablets, arguing the cloud‑based software would improve route planning, reduce driver workload and provide parents with real‑time ETA and boarding notifications.
The presenter said the Transfinder first‑year price for software and startup services is $47,001.70 and the recommended hardware quote through CDW is $30,395. She said the second‑year recurring software cost would drop to about $24,009.50. Transportation staff contrasted those figures with a roughly $163,000 cost for a new bus and said the district could fund Transfinder by reallocating money previously earmarked for one bus purchase.
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