Fort Bend ISD Meets Student Transportation Needs Safely and Effectively

Many children are getting left behind amid this unpredictable 2020-2021 school year, and for students with special transportation needs, alternative student transportation is playing a critical role. For McKinney-Vento and special needs students, regular buses either do not visit these students’ neighborhoods on their regular routes or do not have the necessary equipment and tools to get them to school safely. For children who attend school in a different district than they live in, transportation is supposed to be provided through the efforts of both districts. However, when the schools in the separate districts start at the same time, this coordination can become difficult and often impossible.

The Solution

EverDriven provides school districts with alternative student transportation to alleviate these challenges. This is available through OMNIA Partners to drive cost savings by streamlining the competitive bid process and nationally leveraged pricing through a cooperative contract. EverDriven provides supplemental student transportation to over 400 school districts across the country. Their two fully staffed dispatch centers, field representatives, and routing and optimization teams coordinate 10,000 trips for special needs, displaced and foster students to get to school safely and on time.

EverDriven works to ensure that each student in their partnering districts has reliable transportation to get to and from school every day. In addition to transportation, EverDriven works with school districts with all of their needs related to their most difficult to serve students. Whether students are virtual or in-person, this partnership has helps schools with meal delivery, technology and ensuring the students receive their homework packets.