School Transportation Project
School Transportation Project
School Transportation Project
This chapter presents a thorough introduction of the project, that gives important justification on
why this study will be conducted.
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As shown in the table the number of enrollees for the year 2019 is ___ : 2020 is__ : 2021 is __:
2022 is ___ : 2023 is ___ . The average number of enrollees for the past 5 years is ________.
This is the number of students who needs intervention with regards to their transport from school
to their homes.
a. The problems:
For some parents, they could not bring their children to school personally due to their
work. If they will accompany their children personally to the school, it will affect their
work performance. This is an everyday challenge for a parent to compromise the safety
of their children as they go to school hiring a tricycle. Even for parents who have other
little kids, whom they cannot leave them at home without any adult supervision. It will be
more expensive if everyone will go to school just to bring the student child hiring a
tricycle. Another problem is when the working parent needs to get ready to go to work,
there is time constraint in the preparation for both the parent and the student causing them
to be late.
On the other hand, there other problems encountered by the parents during fetching time
especially if the student dismissal is earlier than the time out of the parent from their
work as an employee. Sometimes parents with other children worry where to leave them
just to fetch the student child.
The provision of safe transportation for student of JFA will alleviate problems
encountered by the parents in transporting student child to and from the school. This will
lessen the tardiness of the student child. Moreover, this will develop the promptness
amongst students, instilling in them the values of being independent, reliable and
cautious.
With this, there is opportunity to tie-up with the school for business endeavor that would
create additional income for the school and the operator.
The significance of the intervention in terms of the provision of school bus would:
1. Ensure safe transport of the students to and from the school.
2. Solve problems on tardiness on both student child and the working parent.
3. Relieve parents from worries and burden in sending and fetching the student child to
and from the school.
4. Give the parent more time to be productive in utilizing their time.
5. Develop promptness amongst students.
6. Instill values of being independent, reliable and cautious amongst students.
7. Create business opportunities for the school and the operator.
Chapter 2: Review of Related Concepts and Projects and the ReP Framework
A similar study was conducted in Michigan for public school students as follows:
a. Nearly 50% of all U.S. public school students ride the bus to and from school every day.
Although bus transportation is a critical resource for students, it is not without costs. The
high expense of bus transportation has led many school districts to cut the number of
routes available, cut transportation services altogether, or curb expenses by providing
public bus passes or contracting rideshare services. Families report that the biggest
barrier getting kids to school regularly is transportation. The school bus often provides a
solution to this challenge and gives students a reliable mode of transportation between
home and school. Free and accessible district-provided transportation also removes the
logistical and financial burdens of school transit from parents. Particularly for students
from economically disadvantaged families without access to personal vehicles or from
families where parents have inflexible work schedules, school buses provide a practical
option to get to school. Previous studies show that attendance does affect student
outcomes, school finances, and school accountability ratings in 70% of states. It follows
that district-provided transportation could affect test scores by helping increase how often
students attend school. In addition to providing students with reliable transportation,
school buses are the safest vehicle on the road. Students are about 70 times more likely to
get to school safely when taking the bus instead of a passenger vehicle.
b. Providing safe transportation can prevent students from having to walk long distances
through neighborhoods with higher rates of violent crime. While riding the bus presents
students and families with several benefits, there are potential drawbacks as well. Early
pick up times and long commutes on the school bus can lead to students having less time
for homework, extracurricular activities, and sleep. Bus commuting can also place
students in potentially negative social environments that can impact attendance such as
bullying and fighting. Recent evidence links riding the bus and increased attendance. This
study contributes to existing research by providing some of the first causal evidence of
bus transportation eligibility on student attendance and achievement.
b. Aside from providing better transport of students to and from the school, the provision
of school bus would improve discipline and punctuality amongst students; more time
both working parents and non-working parents on daily activity; less worry for parents.