Special Needs Transportation meeting Minutes

Wednesday February 16th, 2011

Cambridge, MN

Attendees: Chrysann Carriveau, David Mohr, Dave Delmonico, Tom Meyer, Ray Kroll, Ron Meyer, Jennifer Christenson, Ken Stevens, Geoff Cain, Carolyn Oakes, Susan Hoglund, Leann Livingston, Cynthia Wallin, Julie Belisle, Viva Anderson, John Thomas, Kevin Welton, Kala Henkensiefken.

Round table:

• Dave Mohr from Telin asked if we had a WC Tie down best practices that they can hand out. It would be nice if they had something as WC tie down questions are out there.
• Dave Delmonico from 196 asked if anyone had a WC19 WC that he can get for training.
• Julie Belisle from North Branch  said they still have Ready to Ride issues
• Viva Anderson from Cambridge what are districts doing with students that are in WC, do you have a Para with that student?
• Kevin Welton from tct inc. asked what is your procedure regarding staff to get off the bus with children and the surface conditions. Do you have a procedure to prevent trips, slips and falls on the ice?
• Reminder the National Conference is coming up in March 11^th thru 16^th. There is a group that is carpooling down, leaving on the 10^th and will leave right after the conference is done on the 16^th at noon. www.eduprogroup.com

Model manual unit VI Special Needs Transportation:

• We reviewed changes made, and made a few more changes. See attached and please review.

Cambridge presentation:

• Viva presented what her district has on there intra school website for staff to complete for sped buses. This program has worked very well for them. They then enter the info into Versa Trans and enter bus info into skyward for the parents. If the form is not complete it is sent back to staff to complete. See the form attached.

Video Review:

• Kevin Welton brought the AT&T video that is out on Youtube called “Texting and Driving –It can wait”. The group viewed it and completed rating sheet. It was reviewed and receives high rating from the group. Attendee said they would use it for their driver training sessions. It had an impact on everyone, very attention grabbing video, drivers will remember this one.
• The second video we reviewed is by AMS called ADD & ADHD. This video is scored very low. It was said it is out dated, does not reflect current research, flat format. The group said they would not use this for driver training, it is too out dated.

Next meeting March 16^th at 287 in Plymouth.  This meeting is the same week at the National sped conference. Ken Stevens from Bemidji will chair this meeting. Thanks Ken.